Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Thomas Hodd (University of Ottawa)

Ed. by Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 10 Jan 1860
Died 26 Nov 1943
Activity 1880-1943

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Poet
Story-writer

Resources

Writer, editor, historian, and sometime English professor, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts (1860-1943) is considered one of Canada's early Men of Letters. Known as the “Father of Canadian Poetry,” he forms part of the Confederation Group of poets, which included his younger cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, Duncan Campbell Scott, and William Wilfred Campbell. He published ten major collections of verse during his lifetime. He was also an accomplished novelist and short story writer, and produced over two dozen novels and short-story collections; among his fiction, he is perhaps best known as one of the creators of the modern animal story. His non-fiction credits include several travel-guides as well as important historical pieces o…

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Citation: Hodd, Thomas. "Sir Charles G. D. Roberts". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2004 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3811, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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