Robertson Daviesauthor profile |
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| born | August 28, 1913 |
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| died | December 02, 1995 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Thamesville, Ontario, Canada |
| genre | Literature & Fiction |
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about this author
William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is sometimes said to have detested. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate college at the University of Toronto. |
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books by Robertson Daviescombine editionsavg rating: 4.12 | 3058 ratings | 58 distinct works see all books by Robertson Davies » |
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quotes by Robertson Davies
""A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.""
— Robertson Davies
— Robertson Davies
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"I wish people weren't so set on being themselves, when that means being a bastard. -- The Rebel Angels"
— Robertson Davies
— Robertson Davies
"My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old."
— Robertson Davies (Fifth Business (Penguin Modern Classics))
— Robertson Davies (Fifth Business (Penguin Modern Classics))











