Callaghan, Barry, 1937-
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Name (Latin)
Callaghan, Barry, 1937-
Date of birth
1937-07-05
Place of birth
Toronto (Ont.)
Associated country
Canada
Place of residence/headquarters
Toronto (Ont.)
Field of activity
Poetry Translating and interpreting Painting English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)
Associate group
York University (Toronto, Ont.)
Occupation
Poets Translators Painters College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His The Hogg poems ... c1978:t.p. (Barry Callaghan)
- C 78-1019-1(Callaghan, Barry, 1937-)
- NLC 2-14-85(Callaghan, Barry, 1937-)
- LAC internal file, January 30, 2019(heading: Callaghan, Barry, 1937-; Canadian; lives in Toronto; author, poet, anthologist and translator)
- Barry Callaghan; painter; born 5 July 1937 in Toronto, ON; began teaching at York University in 1972; in 1972, founded Exile: a literary quarterly, now ELQ Magazine; worked in film and the visual arts, making over 20 short films and documentaries about the Middle-East conflict, South Africa and Ireland; contributed to arts radio and television programming at the CBC; recipient of National Magazine awards, the W.O. Mitchell Award for Fiction (1998), and a Toronto Arts Award ( (Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed on November 16, 2018) )
- Biography page (Barry Callaghan; professor of contemporary literature at York University in Toronto for thirty-eight years, is now Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Scholar at that institution ( (Barry Callaghan website, viewed on November 16, 2018:) )
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Wikipedia description:
Barry Morley Joseph Callaghan (born July 5, 1937) is a Canadian author, poet and anthologist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Exile Quarterly. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the son of late Canadian novelist and short story writer, Morley Callaghan. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto. He won the 2019 ReLit Award for short fiction for his collection All the Lonely People. In 2006 Priscita Uppal edited Barry Callaghan: Essays on His Works a volume in the Guernica Editions 'Essential Writers Series' under general editor Joseph Pivato.
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