| 词条 | Robert Harlow (writer) |
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BackgroundHarlow was born in Prince Rupert, but raised primarily in Prince George. He served in the military during World War II as a bomber pilot,[2] and then attended the University of British Columbia and the University of Iowa.[2] He worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1951 to 1965, much of that time as the director of radio operations for British Columbia.[2] He joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1965 as head of its creative writing program.[2] He married Margaret Latremouille, and was stepfather to broadcaster and actor Fred Latremouille, Margaret's son from her prior marriage.[3] WritingHis debut novel Royal Murdoch (1962) was the first of what is called his Linden Trilogy, set in the fictional small British Columbia town of Linden.[4] The other two novels in the trilogy were A Gift of Echoes (1965)[5] and Scann. His later novels were Making Arrangements (1978),[6] Paul Nolan (1983),[7] Felice: A Travelogue (1985),[8] The Saxophone Winter (1988)[9] and Necessary Dark (2002).[10] In 2001, he was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Vancouver Public Library and BC Bookworld.[11] In the 2000s, with all of his novels out of print, he republished them all through Xlibris. References1. ^"Blunt words from the West Coast". The Globe and Mail, June 9, 1973. 2. ^1 2 3 4 "Robert Harlow". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 2, 2008. 3. ^"Radio host a staple of Vancouver airwaves: Disc jockey and TV personality was a standout for his cool insouciance as he rubbed elbows with rock royalty and politicians". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 2015. 4. ^"Novel Illuminates National Tensions". The Globe and Mail, December 29, 1962. 5. ^"A problem of acoustics". The Globe and Mail, December 4, 1965. 6. ^"Making Arrangements". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 1978. 7. ^"Good points outweigh bad in tale of Paul Nolan". The Globe and Mail, September 22, 1978. 8. ^"Travelling marriage". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1986. 9. ^"Book's musical motif sounds a poignant note". The Globe and Mail, May 12, 1988. 10. ^"Summer passages: In the Strait of Georgia, where island time means lots of time for reading, here's what some islanders will be digging in to". Vancouver Sun, June 15, 2002. 11. ^"Kudos". Vancouver Sun, September 4, 2001. External links
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