Bill Schermbrucker
William Gerald "Bill" Schermbrucker (* 1938 in Eldoret , Kenya ) is a Kenyan Canadian writer , university lecturer, radio writer and literary critic.
Life
Schermbrucker was born in Eldoret, Kenya, in 1938. Since 1964 he has lived in Vancouver , Canada . He studied English at the University of British Columbia and received his Ph.D. with a comparative literary work on the narrative techniques of six selected novels by DH Lawrence , William Faulkner and Patrick White .
Schermbrucker is one of the founders and long-time professors of Capilano College and the past editor of The Capilano Review . Later he worked as a literary critic.
At Capilano College, he oversaw the creative writing courses for both professional writers and amateurs for many years , with a particular emphasis on the genre of memoirs , which is not just about the process of writing, but also about marketing or the Realization as a book or as an article in a magazine.
Writing is now his main occupation. He is currently working on a follow-up novel to his Mimosa . In addition to his novels, Bill Schermbrucker has published various non-fiction books on Canadian literature or the technique of writing under his full birth name .
1989 he won the BC Book Prizes belonging Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize with his novel Mimosa (1988).
plant
- Novels and short stories
- Chameleon and Other Stories . Talon Books, Vancouver 1983.
- Mimosa, Talon Books . Talon Books, Vancouver 1988.
- Motortherapy and Other Stories . Talon Books, Vancouver 1993.
- Non-fiction
- Vision of alienation An analytical approach to the works of Patrick White , 1966.
- Strange textures of vision a study of the significance of mannered fictional techniques in six selected novel of DH Lawrence, William Faulkner, and Patrick White, together with a theoretical introduction on "The Novel of vision". Thesis (Ph. D.) University of British Columbia 1973
- The Aims and Strategies of Good Writing . Vancouver: Capilano College, 1976.
- Readings for Canadian writing students . The Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC 1980 (with Daphne Marlatt)
- The Capilano reader . The Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC 1984
- Making a difference: Canadian multicultural literature . Oxford University Press, Toronto a. a. 1996 (with Frederick Philip Grove; Laura Goodman Salverson ; Rachel Korn; AM Klein; George Faludy)
- Aims and strategies of good writing . Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto 2010 (with Bob Sherrin)
Awards
- 1989: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize with Mimosa
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from June 6th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bill Schermbrucker On: www.writersunion.ca. Accessed August 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://canlit.ca/issues/102
- ↑ http://www.banffcentre.ca/faculty/faculty-member/3241/bill-schermbrucker.mvc
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schermbrucker, Bill |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schermbrucker, William Gerald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer, university professor and literary critic |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eldoret , Kenya |