W. H. New
William Herbert New
For 29 years, he held editorial positions at Canadian Literature and, in 2004, was made Editor Emeritus.[2]
He is the son of John New and Edith (Littlejohn). On July 6, 1967, William married Margaret Elizabeth Francis Ebbs-Canavan.[6][7]
He is the father of actor Peter New.
Selected bibliography
Criticism
- Introduction to The Stone Angel — 1967
- Malcolm Lowry — 1971
- Articulating West — 1972
- Among Worlds: An Introduction to Modern Commonwealth and South African Fiction — 1975
- Malcolm Lowry: A Reference Guide — 1978
- Dreams of Speech and Violence: The Art of the Short Story in Canada and New Zealand — 1987
- A History of Canadian Literature — 1989
- Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence & Power in Canadian Writing — 1997
- Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Form — 1999
- The Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature. University of Toronto, 2002
- Grandchild of Empire: About Irony, Mainly in the Commonwealth — 2003
- From a Speaking Place: Writings from the first 50 years of Canadian Literature — 2009
Poetry
- Science Lessons — 1996
- Raucous — 1999
- Stone | Rain — 2001
- Riverbook and Ocean — 2002
- Night Room — 2003
- Underwood Log — 2004
- Touching Ecuador — 2006
- Along a Snake Fence Riding — 2007
- The Rope-maker's Tale — 2009
- YVR — 2011
- New & Selected Poems — 2015
- Neighbors — 2017
- In the Plague Year — 2021
Children's books
- Vanilla Gorilla — 1998
- Llamas in the Laundry — 2002
- Dream Helmet — 2005
- The Year I Was Grounded — 2008
- Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League — 2013
Anthologies edited
- Four Hemispheres — 1971
- Voice and Vision — 1972 (with Jack Hodgins)
- Dramatists in Canada — 1972
- Critical Writings on Commonwealth Literatures: A Bibliography — 1975
- Modern Stories in English — 1975 (with H.J. Rosengarten)
- Modern Canadian Essays — 1976
- Margaret Laurence: The Writer and Her Critics — 1977
- A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock — 1978
- Active Voice — 1980 (with W.E. Messenger)
- The Active Stylist — 1981 (with W.E. Messenger)
- A 20th Century Anthology — 1984
- Canadian Short Fiction — 1986
- Canadian Writers Since 1960 — 1986
- Canadian Writers Since 1960, 2nd series — 1987
- Canadian Writers 1920-1959 — 1988
- Canadian Writers 1920-1959, 2nd series — 1989
- Native Writers and Canadian Writing — 1990
- Canadian Writers Before 1890 — 1990
- Canadian Writers 1890-1920 — 1990
- Inside the Poem — 1992
- Literature in English — 1993 (with W.E. Messenger)
- Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada — 2002
- Tropes and Territories: Short Fiction, Postcolonial Readings, Canadian Writings in Context — 2007 (with Marta Dvorak)
- From a Speaking Place: Writings from the First Fifty Years of Canadian Literature — 2009 (with Réjean Beaudoin, Susan Fisher, Iain Higgins, Eva-Marie Kröller and Laurie Ricou)
Honors and awards
- Killam Research and Teaching Prize — 1988, 1996 [8]
- Royal Society of Canada — elected 1986 [9]
- Gabrielle Roy Award — 1988 [8]
- Jacob Biely Prize — 1995 [8]
- Association of Canadian Studies Award of Merit — 2000 [8]
- Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. Career Achievement Award — 2001 [8]
- VP Research Award — 2002 [8]
- Lorne Pierce medal by the Royal Society of Canada for achievement in critical and imaginative literature — 2004 [8]
- Officer in the Order of Canada — 2006 [4][5]
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal — 2012 [8]
- Mayor's Award for Literary Arts in Vancouver — 2012 [10]
- City of Vancouver Book Award — 2012 [10]
- George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award — 2013 [8]
References
- ^ "School Principal's Son Tops B.C. Matriculation Exams". The Vancouver Sun. 25 July 1956. p. 19. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Fonds - William Herbert New fonds. University of British Columbia Archives. 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Biographical Note". William H. New. The University of British columbia Faculty of Arts. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Several join prestigious Order of Canada". National Post. Toronto, Ontario. 22 February 2007. p. 9. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Dr. William H. New". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Weddings: New - Ebbs-Canavan". The Vancouver Sun. 8 July 1967. p. 26. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Wigod, Rebecca (29 September 2000). "Big book, eh?". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 26. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "William New". bcbookawards.ca. BC Book Awards. 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "RSC Fellows". Royal Society of Canada. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b O'Brian, Amy (21 September 2012). "Mayor Awards honor creative contributions to city". The Vancouver Sun. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
External links
- Canadian literature in English Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Author W. H. New, The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, rev. 2017