George McWhirter fonds. 1964-2008.

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George McWhirter fonds. 1964-2008.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606455581

The fonds consists of notes, manuscripts, drafts, galleys, and correspondence relating to McWhirter's published and unpublished novels, short stories, poetry, and radio plays. It also includes biographical and autobiographical information, non-fiction manuscripts, book reviews, material regarding McWhirter's editorship of Words from Inside, translation records, teaching material, and personal and professional correspondence.

5.76 m of textual records.2 audio tapes.12 photographs.

University of British Columbia Library

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University of British Columbia Library

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McWhirter, George

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George McWhirter, born in Belfast on September 26, 1939, was raised between a kitchen house on the Shankill Road and a bungalow in Carnalea, Co. Down. He received his BA and DipEd from Queen's University in Belfast, where he was a classmate of poets Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane, and Robert Dunbar, the Irish literary critic. He taught at Kilkeel, Bangor, County Down (1962-1965), and at the University of Barcelona's Escuela de Idiomas (1965-1966). He came to Canada in 1966 and first taught high ...