Michael Crummey
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Michael Crummey was born in Buchans, Newfoundland, Canada on November 18, 1965. He received a BA in English from Memorial University in 1987. He pursued graduate work at Queen's University, but dropped out of the PhD program in 1989. In 1986, he entered and won the Gregory J. Power Poetry Contest toon meer at Memorial University. He was first published in the St. John's-based literary mag TickleAce. In 1994, he won the inaugural Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry. His first book of poetry, Arguments with Gravity, was published in 1996 and won the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Poetry. His works include Hard Light, Emergency Roadside Assistance, and Flesh and Blood. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Werken van Michael Crummey
Viewfinder 2 exemplaren
Emergency Roadside Assistance 1 exemplaar
An Old Sailor's Portion (1932) 1 exemplaar
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Telegrams from Home, Vol. 1 — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
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- 1965-11-18
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- Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Buchans, Newfoundland, Canada
Wabush, Labrador, Canada
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - Opleiding
- Memorial University, Newfoundland (1987)
Queen's University at Kingston - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Timothy Findley Award (2007)
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Canadian Author Challenge — April: Margaret Atwood & Michael Crummey in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (mei 2016)
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World Books (1)
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Life is hard on his coastline. There is violence, sexual and otherwise. The character of Abe is cruel, unfeeling, as well as stupid and a poor businessman who is only held together by the Beadle (a kind of church/government leader who is the godfather of Abe). Widow Caines is only slightly more humane. A young boy, Solemn and his sister, Bride, work for her. Indentured servants arrive from England on their way to Australia who stay including a young boy branded as a thief, who becomes friends with Solemn and Bride. Strange story, not for everyone's taste, but well-written, believable in spite of the terrible things that are considered ordinary in this society. Times were hard, people were cruel!… (meer)