Robertson Davies (1913-1995)
- born in Thamesville, Ontario
- died in Orangeville, Ontario on Dec. 2, 1995
- son of Senator William Rupert Davies
- educated at Queen's University, Ontario and Balliol College, Oxford
- joined the Old Vic Repertory Company in 1938, later taught drama at the Old Vic Theater School
- married Brenda Mathews
- after returning to Canada, became literary editor of Saturday Night Magazine (1940)
- became editor of the Peterborough Examiner 1942
- in 1960 he began teaching literature at Trinity College, University of Toronto, and continued until 1981
- in 1961 became Master of Massey College, and Professor of English, University of Toronto
- Novels:
Salterton Trilogy:
- Tempest-Tost (1951)
- Leaven of Malice (1954) received the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour
- A Mixture of Frailties (1958)
Deptford Trilogy:
- Fifth Business (1970)
- The Manticore (1972) received the Governor General's Award
- World of Wonders (1975)
Cornish Trilogy:
- Rebel Angels (1981)
- What's Bred in the Bone (1985)
- The Lyre of Orpheus (1988)
Others:
- High Spirits (1982)
- Murther and Walking Spirits (1991)
- The Cunning Man (1995)
- Humorous Essays:
- The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947)
- The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (1949)
- Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)
- Plays:
- Overlaid (1948)
- Eros at Breakfast and Other Plays (1949)
- Fortune, My Foe (1949)
- A Jig for the Gypsy (1954)
- At My Heart's Core (1950) based on the lives of Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill
- Question Time (1975)
- Essays:
- A Voice from the Attic (1960)
- Stephen Leacock (1970)
- One Half of Robertson Davies (1978)
- The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies (1979)
- The Well Tempered Critic (1981)
- Biographies:
- Robertson Davies (1972) by Elspeth Buitenhuis [Cameron]
- Robertson Davies (1977) by P. Morley
- Robertson Davies (1986) by Michael Peterman
- Robertson Davies: Man of Myth (1994) by Judith Skelton Grant
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