Douglas Glover (writer)
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Douglas Glover BA
, M.Litt., MFA
(born 14 November 1948 in Simcoe, Ontario
, Canada
) is a Canadian writer. He was raised on his family's tobacco farm just outside Waterford, Ontario. He has published five short story collections, four novels (including Elle which won the 2003 Governor-General's Award for Fiction), a book of essays called Notes Home from a Prodigal Son, and The Enamoured Knight, a book-length meditation on Don Quixote and novel form.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from York University
in 1969 and an M.Litt. in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
in 1971. He taught philosophy at the University of New Brunswick in 1971-72 and then worked as a reporter and editor on newspapers in Saint John, New Brunswick; Peterborough, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, until 1979. In 1982, he received a Master of Fine Arts
from the University of Iowa
's Iowa Writers' Workshop
.
Since the early 1990s, Glover has lived in Wilton, New York
teaching at the Vermont College of Fine Arts
, Skidmore College
, Colgate University, and the University of Albany. He was the 2005 McGee Professor of Writing at Davidson College. He has been writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick, the University of Lethbridge and Utah State University. From October, 1994, to October, 1996, he was host of a weekly radio interview program called The Book Show at WAMC in Albany, NY. From 1994 to 2006, he edited the annual anthology Best Canadian Stories. In 2010, he founded the online literary magazine, Numéro Cinq
.
He has two sons Jacob Glover and Jonah Glover.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
, M.Litt., MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
(born 14 November 1948 in Simcoe, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) is a Canadian writer. He was raised on his family's tobacco farm just outside Waterford, Ontario. He has published five short story collections, four novels (including Elle which won the 2003 Governor-General's Award for Fiction), a book of essays called Notes Home from a Prodigal Son, and The Enamoured Knight, a book-length meditation on Don Quixote and novel form.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
in 1969 and an M.Litt. in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
in 1971. He taught philosophy at the University of New Brunswick in 1971-72 and then worked as a reporter and editor on newspapers in Saint John, New Brunswick; Peterborough, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, until 1979. In 1982, he received a Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
's Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
.
Since the early 1990s, Glover has lived in Wilton, New York
Wilton, New York
Wilton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 12,511 at the 2000 census.The Town of Wilton is in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Saratoga Springs, which it borders.-History:...
teaching at the Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers four distinct graduate programs, awarding Master of Fine Arts degrees in Visual Art, Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults and Graphic Design. The student to faculty ratio at VCFA is 4-to-1.. The faculty and alumni of VCFA have won many literary awards,...
, Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
, Colgate University, and the University of Albany. He was the 2005 McGee Professor of Writing at Davidson College. He has been writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick, the University of Lethbridge and Utah State University. From October, 1994, to October, 1996, he was host of a weekly radio interview program called The Book Show at WAMC in Albany, NY. From 1994 to 2006, he edited the annual anthology Best Canadian Stories. In 2010, he founded the online literary magazine, Numéro Cinq
Numéro Cinq
Numéro Cinq is an online literary magazine founded in 2010 by the Governor-General's Award-winning Canadian novelist Douglas Glover. Numéro Cinq publishes a wide variety of new and established artists and writers with a bent toward the experimental, hybrid works, and work in translation as well...
.
He has two sons Jacob Glover and Jonah Glover.
Awards and recognition
- 1984: finalist, Books in Canada First Novel AwardBooks in Canada First Novel AwardThe Amazon.ca First Novel Award, formerly the Books in Canada First Novel Award, is a literary award given annually to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada. It has been awarded since 1976....
for Precious - 1991: finalist, Governor General's AwardGovernor General's AwardThe Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
for Fiction for A Guide to Animal Behaviour - 2003: winner, Governor General's Award for Fiction for Elle
- 2004: Elle was the English to French translation finalist for the Governor General's Award for Translation
- 2005: finalist, International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardInternational IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardThe International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world...
, for Elle - 2006: Writers' Trust of Canada Timothy Findley AwardTimothy Findley AwardThe Timothy Findley Award was a Canadian literary award, presented each year from 2002 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Timothy Findley...
Further Reading
- The Art of Desire, The Fiction of Douglas Glover, Bruce Stone, Oberon Press, Ottawa, 2004.
- "Bears, Bodies and Boundaries in Douglas Glover’s Elle: A Novel” by Ruta Šlapkauskaite, Transnational Literature, Volume 4, Issue 1, November 2011.
- “Elle de Douglas Glover: Une satire ménippéene,” Haijo Westra and Adam Westra, Littoral, Numéro 5, autumne 2010. English translation Numéro Cinq Feb 23, 2011.
- “Visited Graves in Colonial Cemeteries: The Resurrection of Marguerite de Roberval,” María Jesús Hernáez Lerena, Canada Exposed/Le Canada a decouvert, Peter Lang Publishing, Berlin, New York, Brussels, Oxford, 2009.
- “A Canadian Bear, A Woman’s Heart: Douglas Glover’s Elle and Marian Engel’s Bear,” Christl Verduyn, TransCanadiana: Polish Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 1, 2008.
- “Self as Garbled Translation: Douglas Glover’s Elle/Elle,” Christl Verduyn, Traduire depuis les marges/Translating from the Margins, Denise Merkle, Jane Koustas, Glen Nichols and Sherry Simon, eds. Montreal: Edition Nota bene, 2008.
- "Surviving the Metaphorical Condition in Elle : Douglas Glover's Impersonation of the First French Female in Canada," María Jesús Hernáez Lerena, Canon Disorders: Gendered Perspectives on Literature and Film in Canada and the United States, Darias Beautell, Eva, and María Jesús Hernáez Lerena, eds., Ed. Logroño: Universidad de La Rioja/Universidad de La Laguna, 2007
- “Structural Unity in Fiction,” Sandra Novack, Descant 133, Vol. 37, No. 2, Summer 2006.
- "I am a Landscape of Desire: Gender, Genre and the Deconstruction of the Textuality of Empire in Douglas Glover's Elle," Pedro Carmona Rodríguez, Proceedings of the 29th AEDEAN Conference: Universidad de Jaén 15 al 20 diciembre 2005. CD-ROM. Ed. Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes et al. Jaén: AEDEAN / Servicio de Publicaciones U de Jaén, 2006. 539-45. Reprinted in Numéro Cinq Mar 4, 2011.
- “Romancing the ‘Mysterious Bonds of Syntax’: Allegory and the Ethics of Desire in Douglas Glover's ‘My Romance’ and ‘Iglaf and Swan’,” Adam Beardsworth, Studies in Canadian Literature, Volume 30.2, 2005.
- “Writing from the Sidelines: Peripheral Critique in Glover’s ‘State of the Nation’,” Adam Beardsworth, Short Story New Series, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2005.
- “'...[D]estined always to be on the edge of things': Prolegomenon to a Dialogue of Transdisciplinary and Curriculum Theory," Patrick Howard, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Vol. 20. Iss. 4 p.45, Winter 2004.
- "Douglas Glover," Bruce Stone, Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Spring, 2004.
- “Becoming Masks: The Life and Times of Captain N. at n-1 Dimensions,” Cheryl Cowdy, Henry Street, The Graduate Review of Literary Studies, Vol. 8:1, Spring 1999. Reprinted in Numéro Cinq Nov 2, 2011
- “Historical Fiction and Douglas Glover's The Life and Times of Captain N," Don Sparling, Brno Studies In English] 23, 1997.