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Timothy Findley
Canadian novelist and playwright
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| Born | Timothy Irving Frederick Findley (1930-10-30)October 30, 1930 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | June 20, 2002(2002-06-20) (aged 71) Brignoles, France |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, playwright, actor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1960s–2000s |
| Literary movement | Southern Ontario Gothic |
| Notable works | The Wars, Headhunter, Pilgrim, Elizabeth Rex |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award, Trillium Book Award |
| Partner | Bill Whitehead |
Timothy Irving Frederick Findley (October 30, 1930 – June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright.[1] He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials.[1]
Biography
Early life
One of three sons, Findley was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Allan Gilmour Findley, a stockbroker, and his wife, the former Margaret Maude Bull. His paternal grandfather was president of Massey-Harris, the farm-machinery company. He was
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Biography
Timothy Findley was born in Toronto in 1930. He finished his formal schooling at age sixteen, planning to becoming a dancer. A fused disc put an end to that ambition so he turned to acting. He participated in the first season of the Stratford Festival in Ontario where he was coached by Alec Guinness who helped him to get a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After touring in Thornton Wilder‘s The Matchmaker, Wilder became a mentor through the intercession of actress Ruth Gordon, for whom he wrote his first short story. Findley soon turned to writing full time, though he also wrote plays – for the theatre, television and radio.
Initially his writing brought him little success but with the publication of The Wars, set in the First World War, he received international acclaim. His writing is overtly anti-fascist and he is particularly critical of those who condemn what they see as “deviant” behaviour. He died in 2002.
Books about Timothy Findley
Diana Brydon: Timothy Findley
Carol Roberts: Timothy Findley: Stories from a L
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Timothy Irving Frederick Findley was a Canadian author and playwright. He was born in Toronto to upper-class parents, Margaret Maude Bull and Allan Gilmour Findley, a stockbroker. He attended St. Andrew’s College, a boarding school, until the 10th grade when he left for health reasons. He studied dance and acting before turning to writing. He was part of the original Stratford Festival company, acting alongside Alec Guinness, and he also appeared in the first performance of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker at the Edinburgh Festival.
Findley declared himself a homosexual but went on to marry actress and photographer Janet Reid in 1959. The marriage ended only three months later. He met the writer William Whitehead in 1962 and eventually became his domestic partner. Through Whitehead, Findley met actress Ruth Gordon, whose work as a screenwriter inspired him to consider writing. After the publication of his first short story in the Tamarack Review, Findley decided to pursue writing full-time.
Though his first two novels were rejected by Canadian publishers, Findley found U.S.
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