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David Helwig

Born

in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

April 05, 1938

Died

October 16, 2018

Website

http://www.davidhelwig.com

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction

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David Gordon Helwig grew up in Toronto and at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. He attended the University of Toronto, where he earned a BA, and then completed an MA at the University of Liverpool.

First publishing as a poet, Helwig moved on to drama and fiction, including a series of novels focusing on characters living in Kingston, where Helwig lived for many years teaching at Queen's University. He has also taught at the Collins Bay Penitentiary near Kingston, an experience that led to his nonfiction work A Book about Billie (1972), an assemblage of prose derived from his interviews with a convict.

Helwig was a long-time editor at Oberon Press, where he edited the annual anthology Best Canadian Stories. He has written scripts for television and ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 282 ratings · 45 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	Saltsea 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stand-In 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smuggling Donkeys 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Is Always Summer 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Knight 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming Through: Three Novellas by David Helwig, Noah Richler (Foreword by) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Names of Things 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping Late Hours 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year One 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duet it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by David Helwig

Best Canadian Stories (7 books)
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David Helwig (Editor)

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Best Canadian Stories (1 book)
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Quotes by David Helwig

“It was necessary to invent history in order to invent the future. The sense of necessity in Cromwell and Lenin (and even in Jefferson) springs from an obsession with time, change, an obsession with cause and effect that starts to make the effect seem like the cause of its own cause. The future is the cause of the past, and we play antiquarian games to reassure ourselves that the past is past and different so that we can believe that the future will be different too.”
― David Helwig, The King's Evil

tags: future, past, purpose, raison-d-etre, time-s-arrow

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