Stephen Scobie

Who is Stephen Scobie?

Stephen Scobie is a Canadian poet, critic, and scholar.

Born in Carnoustie, Scotland, Scobie relocated to Canada in 1965. He earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver after which he taught at the University of Alberta and at the University of Victoria, from which he recently retired.

Scobie is a founding editor of Longspoon Press, an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada, and the recipient of the 1980 Governor General's Award for McAlmon's Chinese Opera and the 1986 Prix Gabrielle Roy for Canadian Criticism.