W. D. Valgardson
William Dempsey Valgardson ( born May 7, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) is a Canadian writer, novels, short stories and poems written and has received two prestigious Canadian literary awards.
Life
The one who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba William Dempsey Valgardson grew up in Gimli, Manitoba. Valgardson completed a bachelor's degree from United College, achieved a Bachelor of Education at the University of Manitoba and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa. For a long time he worked as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
His writing often focuses on the cultural differences within Canada and uses irony and symbolism as a design style means. His short stories make normal people is ind normal situations, but under certain circumstances they can lead to unusual and surprising life solutions.
WD Valgardson won various awards and honors. including the Books in Canada First Novel Award was for Gentle Sinners (1980 ) and belonging to the BC Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for The Girl With the Botticelli Face ( 1992). His short story Bloodflowers was recorded in 1971 under the Best American Short Stories.
In his work down beside the children's books also those short stories that he has written specifically for young people.
Work
- Bloodflowers: Ten Stories. Oberon Press, 1973
- God is Not a Fish Inspector. Oberon Press, 1975
- Red Dust. Oberon Press, 1978
- What Can not Be Changed Should not Be Mourned, Douglas & McIntyre, 1990
- The Divorced Kids Club short stories for junior high - Groundwood, 1998
- Frances novel for junior high - Groundwood, 2002
- In The Gutting Shed. Turnstone Press, 1976
- The carpenter of dreams: poems - Victoria, BC: Skaldhus Press, 1986
- Gentle Sinners. Oberon Press 1980
- The Girl With the Botticelli Face Douglas & McIntyre, 1992
- What Can not Be Changed Should not Be Mourned [ eBook ]. New York: Douglas & McIntyre, 2009.
- Thor children's picture book, illustrated by Ange Zhang - Groundwood, 1994
- Winter Rescue illustrated by Ange Zhang. 1st U.S. ed 1995 - New York:. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1995, c1994.
- Sarah and the People of Sand River children's picture book, illustrations by Ian Wallace - Groundwood, 1996
- Garbage Creek and Other Stories. Groundwood, 1997
- What The Bear Said: Skald Tales from New Iceland folk tales from Lake Winnipeg - Turnstone Press, 2011
- God Is Not A Fish Inspector. Allan Kroeker, Dept. of Education, Manitoba, 1980.
- Capital. Directed by: Allan Kroeker, 1981, 28 min 40 s
- The Pedlar based on " A Place of One 's Own ", directed by Allan Kroeker Produced by: Michael Scott 1982, 54 min 32 s
- Gentle Sinners movie (1983) 105 min, Director: Eric Till
- Bloodflowers. CBC 1983
- Granite Point. CBC 1983
- Seiche radio drama, CBC, 1988
- The Divorced Kids Club short stories for junior high - Groundwood, 1998