Wilfred Watson

Playwright, Author

1911 – 1998

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Who was Wilfred Watson?

Wilfred Watson was professor emeritus of English at Canada's University of Alberta for many years. He was also an experimental Canadian poet and dramatist, whose innovative plays had a considerable influence in the 1960s. The Dictionary of Literary Biography says that "Watson ushered in an avant-garde in Canadian theater years before the rear guard had fully emerged."

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Born
May 1, 1911
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  • University of Toronto
Died
Mar 25, 1998

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on July 23, 2013

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