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	Timothy Findley Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Timothy Findley Award is presented each year by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the Canadian writer Timothy Findley.
		The award goes to a male Canadian novelist who is in the middle of his career.
		The award was presented for the first time in 2003, although its first winner was deemed to have won for 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timothy_Findley_Award (122 words)

	The Writers' Trust of Canada
		In the spring of 2003 The Writers' Trust of Canada established an annual award for a male writer in mid-career in the name of the late Timothy Findley.
		The Timothy Findley Award serves to recognise a body of work (comprised of no less than three works of literary merit which are predominantly fiction) rather than a single book.
		Findley was also honoured throughout his lifetime for his tireless contributions to the arts in Canada and abroad.
	www.writerstrust.com /programs_apa_timothyfindley.html (315 words)

	Findley, Timothy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1953, Findley was an actor in the first Stratford Shakespearean Festival.
		Findley has written a number of other novels, including Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984), a humorous account of Noah and his ark, and The Piano Man's Daughter (1995), the story of a man's effort to understand his father's identity and his mother's madness.
		Findley has been active in many causes, and he has worked especially hard against censorship.
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	The Writers' Trust of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Our annual awards ensure that our writers' powerful voices will continue to be heard, at home and abroad.
		Awards provide writers with the time and resources needed to hone their craft.
		Awards inspire other authors to emulate them, expanding the nation's garden of literary excellence.
	www.writerstrust.com (68 words)

	Knitting Circle Timothy Findley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At the time of Timothy Findley's birth his family were having financial difficulties, although they were living in a large house in the wealthiest neighbourhood of Toronto.
		Timothy Findley almost died of pneumonia before he was two, and he continued to have serious illnesses throughout his childhood.
		Timothy Findley's first two novels were rejected by Canadian publishers and were first published in London.
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	Interview \| Timothy Findley
		I first met Timothy Findley in 1995, on tour for The Piano Man's Daughter, a book that would prove to be one of his most important and that was nominated for a Giller award and made into a film that Findley loathed.
		Findley died in hospital near his home in the south of France of complications resulting from a pelvic fracture suffered in the spring of 2002.
		Timothy Findley: This is my entertainment, as Graham Greene would say.
	www.januarymagazine.com /profiles/timothyfindley.html (1773 words)

	cbc.ca
		Timothy Findley was severely embarrassed one morning when someone found him sniffing rocks and seaweed on a beach in British Columbia.
		Findley was briefly married to the actor Janet Reid, but the marriage was annulled, then he got together with Whitehead and the two spent the rest of their lives together.
		Findley never shied from controversy, as in October 2001 when, as writer-in-residence at the University of Calgary, he gave a talk in which he compared oil companies to the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center the month before.
	www.cbc.ca /news/obit/findley (848 words)

	* News @Guelph *
		Timothy Findley's extensive personal collection of theatre memorabilia is being donated to Guelph's theatre archives.
		Findley and Whitehead met through the theatre in 1962 and kept all the costume designs, set designs, production photographs and props from the plays they were involved in.
		Findley's final play, Shadows, was performed at the Stratford Festival shortly after Findley's death.
	www.uoguelph.ca /atguelph/04-03-10/articles/findley.html (574 words)

	Interview \| Timothy Findley
		And Findley did rather a lot of that.) and he pressed a glass of an astonishing Australian red on me from his own decanter.
		Timothy Findley is one of Canada's best known and best loved writers.
		He is a recipient of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Edgar Award, the Chalmers Award and he has won the Canadian Author's Association Award three times.
	www.januarymagazine.com /profiles/findley.html (2148 words)

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		Findley's 1995 bestselling novel, The Piano Man's Daughter (1995), is set in Ontario and spans from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
		Over the years, Timothy Findley has received many awards and honours, including a Governor General's Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award, an ACTRA Award (with his partner William Whitehead), the Order of Ontario, the Ontario Trillium Award, and he has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
		Timothy Findley lived most of his adult life with his partner William Whitehead at a picturesque farm, Stone Orchard, near Cannington, Ontario.
	www.nwpassages.com /bios/findley.asp (763 words)

	Cowboy Junkies :: Early 21st Century Blues
		The Wars is one of the great masterpieces of Canadian literature, and since it garnered the Governor General's Award in 1977, it has established Timothy Findley as one of our most enduring literary talents.
		Findley worked for the Canadian Stratford Festival and later, after study at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, he toured Britain, Europe, and the United States as a contract player.
		Influenced by film techniques, Findley's first novel, The Last of the Crazy People (1967) is a penetrating look at a family of "emotional cripples" from a child's perspective.
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	Free Essays on Timothy Findley
		Below is free essays on Timothy Findley by 123Student, your one-stop source for free essays, free college term papers, and free term papers.
		Timothy Findley is a native of Toronto, Ontario.
		Findley has been very active in the writing community; he has helped to found the Writer’s Union of Canada and has served as its chairperson.
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	Timothy Findley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Born in Toronto in 1930 and self-educated after grade 10, Timothy Findley worked as an actor for 15 years before full-time writing in 1962.
		Timothy Findley died in Provence, France, on June 20, 2002.
		CAA Award for Drama, and the Chalmer's Award for The Stillborn Lover, 1993.
	www.writersunion.ca /f/findley.htm (170 words)

	Amazon.com: The Piano Man's Daughter: Books: Timothy Findley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As the story opens, Lily, the heroine of Timothy Findley's Victorian-Gothic-style novel as seen through the narrative of her son Charlie, is ending her days in an asylum; her life unfolds as a Dickensian tale of deprivation and struggle between the feminine and the coldly masculine, leading to that "madwoman in the attic" denouement.
		Findley is a best-selling and award-winning Canadian writer, author of The Wars and Famous Last Words.
		Timothy Findley does tell a good story but there were a lot of gaps that rather left me hanging.
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	Playbill News: Shakespeare and Elizabeth Meet in "Elizabeth Rex," Airing on CBC-TV Sept. 25 and Oct. 2; Brent Carver ...
		Playwright Findley was born in Toronto in 1930 and began his career as an actor, appearing on Broadway, in London and Moscow.
		Findley graduated from the school in 1954 and played in London's West End, on Broadway and in Moscow before leaving the stage in 1962 to pursue his writing career.
		In addition to Governor-General's Awards for "The Wars" and Elizabeth Rex, Findley was the winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award, the Ontario Trillium Award, and the ACTRA Award (with his longtime partner William Whitehead).
	www.playbill.com /news/article/81841.html (1130 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Findley, Timothy
		Timothy Irving Frederick Findley--"Tiff" to his friends--was born into a prosperous Toronto family on October 30, 1930 and grew up in the fashionable Rosedale section of the city.
		Findley himself generally escaped his wrath, but, in the words of journalist Alec Scott, "vicarious scar tissue developed nonetheless" in the sensitive young boy.
		Findley was a bookish youth who loved creating his own worlds of make-believe.
	www.glbtq.com /literature/findley_t.html (802 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Notebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Findley fans are out in full force, and manywill be looking for another Findley fix.
		Timothy Findley was one of Canada’s most compelling and best loved writers, from the publication of his first novel in 1967 until his death in June 2002.
		Findley was a two-time winner of the Governor General’s Award: The Wars won the 1977 award for fiction; Elizabeth Rex, a play, won the 2000 award for drama.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0006386199 (364 words)

	CTV.ca - Writers' Trust awards $133,000 in literary prizes- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Vanderhaeghe was on an American tour for his latest book The Last Crossing and couldn't attend the ceremony, but said it was a "great honour" to receive the award, which is given to a male writer in mid-career for a body of work.
		The $15,000 Marian Engel Award, given to a female writer in mid-career for a body of work, went to Elisabeth Harvor of Ottawa.
		And the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature was given to Roslyn Schwartz of Montreal for her engaging series of books about the Mole Sisters for preschoolers.
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	Browse Award-winning Books and Authors
		Awards given in several categories by the Commonwealth Foundation and administered by Booktrust to encourage and reward writers of prose fiction writing in English and who are citizens of the Commonwealth English
		Awarded in honour of Phyllis Gotlieb for excellence in writing, the Sunburst Award is given annually to a Canadian writer of a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection published in the previous calendar year
		A national award given annually to a writer who has produced an outstanding body of work, has acted during his or her career as a "caring mentor" for writers, and has published a work of fiction or had a new stage play produced during the three-year period specified for each competition
	www.penguin.ca /static/cs/cn/0/nf_browseawards.html (1686 words)

	1998 International Festival of Authors: Timothy Findley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Best-selling novelist and playwright Timothy Findley is one of “Canada’s most cherished writers” (Globe and Mail).
		In it, Findley recalls with humour and poignancy the memories of his rickety old Ontario farmhouse.
		Findley and his companion, William Whitehead, now divide their time between Stratford, Ontario and Provence.
	www.readings.org /ifoa98/findley.html (155 words)

	Fame and Fortune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Description: Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award-- Awarded to an author under 35 years of age who has not been previously published in book form.
		Marian Engel Award-- Presented to a female writer for an outstanding body of work and continued contribution to the literary arts in Canada.
		The Writers' Trust of Canada's Timothy Findley Award -- Awarded to a Canadian male writer in recognition of a body of work comprised of no less than three works of literary merit which are predominantly fiction.
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	Books at Random House of Canada --- Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This award was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller.
		This prize of $7,500 is awarded for excellence in writing and illustrating a book, in English- or French-language, in one of three age groups: 7 and under; 8 to 11; and 12 and up.
		The Orange Award for New Writers was awarded for the first time in 2005 to coincide with the Orange Prize for Fiction's 10th birthday celebrations.
	www.randomhouse.ca /award (2613 words)

	Timothy Findley book online - - audio books on mp3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Timothy Findley (October 30, 1930 - June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright, who was one of Canadas most famous writers.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Findley was raised in the upper class Rosedale district of the city.
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	CNW Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		THE TIMOTHY FINDLEY AWARD ($15,000) Sponsored by the Writers' Trust of Canada The Timothy Findley Award is given annually to a male writer in mid- career for a body of work and in anticipation of future contributions.
		THE VICKY METCALF AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ($15,000) Sponsored by the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation The Vicky Metcalf Award is given annually to a writer of children's literature for a body of work.
		THE MATT COHEN AWARD: IN CELEBRATION OF A WRITING LIFE ($20,000) Sponsored by anonymous donors and the Writers' Trust of Canada The Matt Cohen Award is presented for a lifetime of distinguished work by a Canadian writer, working in either poetry or prose.
	www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/February2005/01/c9107.html (663 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Timothy Findley
		Timothy Findley's recent titles include Pilgrim, which was a finalist for the Giller Prize and his first published in the United States; You Went Away; Dust to Dust; and The Piano Man's Daughter.
		His work has won innumerable honors, including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Edgar Award.
		He was the only three-time recipient of the Canadian Authors Association Award, bestowed for fiction, nonfiction, and drama.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/TimothyFindleyeBooks.htm (380 words)

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		She is the recipient of the Stratford Festival’s 2004 Timothy Findley Award, as well as Canada's highest literary honour for dramatic writing: the 1998 Governor General's Literary Award.
		She is the playwright and director of the multiple Dora Award winning production of Harlem Duet (Scirocco Drama, 1997), which was workshopped at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in NYC, where Djanet was the international artist-in-residence in 1996.
		Achievement Award, the Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in the Cultural Industries, and a Phenomenal Woman of the Arts Award.
	www.library.utoronto.ca /uc/ucdp/faculty/sears.htm (253 words)

	Gazette JANUARY 24, 1996
		To support the award in the field of teaching, broadly based evidence must be available from colleagues and/or students of the individual's sustained impact on the University's teaching role over a long period of time.
		To support the award in respect of service, broadly based evidence must be available on qualitatively and quantitatively significant long-term contributions to the development or growth of the University or its parts.
		The award was presented by Timothy Findley, the award-winning Canadian author, activist, and brother-in-law of the late Sally Findley, a former staff member at Atkinson.
	www.yorku.ca /ycom/gazette/past/archive/012496.htm (7279 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Spadework: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Timothy Findley was born in Toronto in 1930.
		In 1963, Findley turned to writing full-time and in 1977 his third novel, The Wars, won a Governor General's Award.
		Findley's first work of non-fiction, Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook, made him the first two-time winner of a Canadian Authors Association Award; he had earlier won its fiction counterpart for his novel, Not Wanted on the Voyage.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0571214541 (433 words)

	Campus News: Timothy Findley’s theatre collection donated to U of G
		Timothy Findley’s theatre collection donated to U of G
		Novelist and playwright Timothy Findley’s extensive personal collection of theatre memorabilia is being donated to the University of Guelph.
		A Guelph honorary degree recipient who made frequent visits to the city, Findley, who died in 2002, felt a strong attachment to U of G, said Whitehead.
	www.uoguelph.ca /mediarel/archives/004625.html (630 words)

	1999 International Festival of Authors: Timothy Findley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Beloved for his quirky characters and captivating stories, Timothy Findley’s creative genius spans almost every literary genre.
		Known for probing the psyches of fascinating characters in his books, Findley originally explored this talent as an actor on stage.
		Findley recently left his adored home Stone Orchard and now divides his time between the south of France and Stratford, Ontario.
	www.readings.org /ifoa99/findley.html (116 words)

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