Mr. Guy Vanderhaeghe Lecture

Mr. Guy Vanderhaeghe
Author
Saskatoon

will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on January 27, 2001 at 8:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia.

An Evening With Guy Vanderhaeghe

A native of Saskatchewan, Mr. Vanderhaeghe is considered one of Canada's preeminent authors. His first book, Man Descending (1982), won the Governor General's Award and subsequently the Faber Prize in Britain. His first novel, My Present Age (1984), earned a Booker Prize nomination, and a subsequent work, Homesick (1989), won the City of Toronto Book Award. Mr. Vanderhaeghe has also published several collections of short fiction, including The Trouble with Heroes and Other Stories (1983) and Things as They Are? (1992). His most recent work, The Englishman's Boy, has won wide acclaim. Mr. Vanderhaege's address to The Institute is co-sponsored by UBC's Program in Canadian Studies.


Spring Program 2001
Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17, Feb 24, Mar 3, Mar 10, Mar 17, Mar 24.


Background Information

(Compiled by Ted Powell--when time permits)


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