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William Herbert New OC FRSC (born March 28, 1938) is a Canadian poet and literary critic. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at John Oliver Secondary School, where he received one of the top matriculation exam scores in British Columbia in 1956,^[1] the University of British Columbia, and the University of Leeds.^[2] He taught English literature at the University of British Columbia from 1965 to 2003, where he was also the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies from 1975–1977, and an acting head of the English Department.^[2] He also was an associate in 1971 at Cambridge University's Clare Hall.^[2]^[3] On October 5, 2006, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada and was invested October 26, 2007.^[4]^[5]

For 29 years, he held editorial positions at Canadian Literature and, in 2004, was made Editor Emeritus.^[2]

He is the son of John New and Edith (Littlejohn). On July 6, 1967, William married Margaret Elizabeth Francis Ebbs-Canavan.^[6]^[7]

He is the father of actor Peter New.

Selected bibliography edit

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Criticism edit

Introduction to The Stone Angel — 1967
Malcolm Lowry — 1971
Articulating West — 1972
Among Worlds: An Introduction to Modern Commonwealth and South African Fiction — 1975
Malcolm Lowry: A Reference Guide — 1978
Dreams of Speech and Violence: The Art of the Short Story in Canada and New Zealand — 1987
A History of Canadian Literature — 1989
Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence & Power in Canadian Writing — 1997
Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Form — 1999
The Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature. University of Toronto, 2002
Grandchild of Empire: About Irony, Mainly in the Commonwealth — 2003
From a Speaking Place: Writings from the first 50 years of Canadian Literature — 2009

Poetry edit

Science Lessons — 1996
Raucous — 1999
Stone | Rain — 2001
Riverbook and Ocean — 2002
Night Room — 2003
Underwood Log — 2004
Touching Ecuador — 2006
Along a Snake Fence Riding — 2007
The Rope-maker's Tale — 2009
YVR — 2011
New & Selected Poems — 2015
Neighbors — 2017
In the Plague Year — 2021

Children's books edit

Vanilla Gorilla — 1998
Llamas in the Laundry — 2002
Dream Helmet — 2005
The Year I Was Grounded — 2008
Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League — 2013

Anthologies edited edit

Four Hemispheres — 1971
Voice and Vision — 1972 (with Jack Hodgins)
Dramatists in Canada — 1972
Critical Writings on Commonwealth Literatures: A Bibliography — 1975
Modern Stories in English — 1975 (with H.J. Rosengarten)
Modern Canadian Essays — 1976
Margaret Laurence: The Writer and Her Critics — 1977
A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock — 1978
Active Voice — 1980 (with W.E. Messenger)
The Active Stylist — 1981 (with W.E. Messenger)
A 20th Century Anthology — 1984
Canadian Short Fiction — 1986
Canadian Writers Since 1960 — 1986
Canadian Writers Since 1960, 2nd series — 1987
Canadian Writers 1920-1959 — 1988
Canadian Writers 1920-1959, 2nd series — 1989
Native Writers and Canadian Writing — 1990
Canadian Writers Before 1890 — 1990
Canadian Writers 1890-1920 — 1990
Inside the Poem — 1992
Literature in English — 1993 (with W.E. Messenger)
Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada — 2002
Tropes and Territories: Short Fiction, Postcolonial Readings, Canadian Writings in Context — 2007 (with Marta Dvorak)
From a Speaking Place: Writings from the First Fifty Years of Canadian Literature — 2009 (with Réjean Beaudoin, Susan Fisher, Iain Higgins, Eva-Marie Kröller and Laurie Ricou)

Honors and awards edit

Killam Research and Teaching Prize — 1988, 1996 ^[8]
Royal Society of Canada — elected 1986 ^[9]
Gabrielle Roy Award — 1988 ^[8]
Jacob Biely Prize — 1995 ^[8]
Association of Canadian Studies Award of Merit — 2000 ^[8]
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. Career Achievement Award — 2001 ^[8]
VP Research Award — 2002 ^[8]
Lorne Pierce medal by the Royal Society of Canada for achievement in critical and imaginative literature — 2004 ^[8]
Officer in the Order of Canada — 2006 ^[4]^[5]
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal — 2012 ^[8]
Mayor's Award for Literary Arts in Vancouver — 2012 ^[10]
City of Vancouver Book Award — 2012 ^[10]
George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award — 2013 ^[8]

References edit

^ "School Principal's Son Tops B.C. Matriculation Exams". The Vancouver Sun. 25 July 1956. p. 19. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fonds - William Herbert New fonds. University of British Columbia Archives. 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "Biographical Note". William H. New. The University of British columbia Faculty of Arts. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Several join prestigious Order of Canada". National Post. Toronto, Ontario. 22 February 2007. p. 9. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Dr. William H. New". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ "Weddings: New - Ebbs-Canavan". The Vancouver Sun. 8 July 1967. p. 26. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ Wigod, Rebecca (29 September 2000). "Big book, eh?". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 26. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "William New". bcbookawards.ca. BC Book Awards. 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "RSC Fellows". Royal Society of Canada. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b O'Brian, Amy (21 September 2012). "Mayor Awards honor creative contributions to city". The Vancouver Sun. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2020.