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Woodcock, George, 1912-1995
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1912-1995
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George Woodcock (1912-1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, editor, radio dramatist and travel writer. A lecturer in English and Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, he was the founding editor of the journal Canadian Literature, and established with his wife Ingeborg the Trans-Himalayan Aid Society, Canada India Village Aid, and the Woodcock Fund of the Writers' Trust of Canada.
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http://viaf.org/viaf/108358609
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Record created by Anna St.Onge 2 September 2014.