Timothy Findley

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Timothy Irving Frederick Findley , OC , O.Ont (born October 30, 1930 in Toronto , Ontario , † June 20, 2002 in Brignoles , France ) was a Canadian writer .

life and work

His work includes novels , short stories and plays , the recurring themes of which are mainly madness , loneliness , violence and abuse of power . In addition to the most important literary prizes in his home country Canada, he received several honorary doctorates and was named Chevalier de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in his adopted home France in 1996 .

Findley was briefly married to actress Janet Reid, but the marriage was annulled very soon after the wedding, the reason being probably due to Findley's homosexuality . Shortly after the cancellation, Findley moved in with the Canadian writer William Whitehead, with whom he lived for 35 years until his death.

Findley initially devoted himself to acting and met the British actor Alec Guinness in 1953 , who convinced him to study acting , whereupon he went to the London Central School of Speech and Drama and there a. a. the actress Ruth Gordon and the writer and playwright Thornton Wilder met. These two in turn encouraged him to perfect his writing skills. From the beginning of the sixties he devoted himself professionally to writing. His first two novels were, because they were rejected by Canadian publishers, published in Great Britain; his third novel "The Wars" made him famous overnight in 1977 . After receiving the Canadian Governor General's Award for Fiction for it, the novel became the basis of a literary film adaptation in 1981 .

Timothy Findley's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

Selected Works

  • The Last of the Crazy People. 1967
  • The Butterfly Plague. 1969
  • The Wars. 1977
  • Famous Last Words. 1981
    • Übers. Sabine Roth: Mauberley's end. List, Munich 2003
  • Dinner Along the Amazon. 1984
  • Not Wanted on the Voyage. 1986
    • Translator Eleanor Pawlik: The last flood. List, Munich 2004
  • The Telling of Lies. 1986
    • Translator Andrea C. Busch , Almuth Heuner: Lies a dead man on the beach. Detective novel. Ullstein, 1997
    • This. Translator: In the heart of the lie. Ullstein, Berlin 2000
  • Stones. 1988
  • Inside memory. 1990
  • Headhunters. 1993
    • Translated from Cordula Kolarik: The Dark Heart List, 2000
  • The Piano Man's Daughter. 1995
    • Übers. Sabine Roth: The piano player's daughter. Claassen, 1998
  • You went away. 1996
  • Dust to Dust. 1997
  • From Stone Orchard. 1998
  • Pilgrim. 1999
    • Übers. Sabine Roth, Walther Ahlers: The Ambassador. Claassen, 2000
  • Spadework. 2001

Honors

Quote

Memory is the purgative by which we rid ourselves of the present.

Web links

notes

  1. ^ CAA in the Canadian Encyclopedia
personal data
SURNAME Findley, Timothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Findley, Timothy Irving Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 2002
Place of death Brignoles