About Edward McCourt
Lived 1907 – 1972 (aged 64). Edward McCourt was a Canadian novelist, literary critic, biographer, writer and scholar of English.
Edward Alexander McCourt (October 10, 1907 – January 6, 1972) was a Canadian writer.
Born in Mullingar, Ireland, McCourt's family emigrated to Kitscoty, Alberta when he was two years old. and earned an MA from Oxford University. His non-fiction titles included The Canadian West in Fiction (1949), a critical analysis of regional literature from the Canadian Prairies, Revolt in the West (1958), about the North-West Rebellion, and Remembering Butler (1967), a biography of Sir William Butler, as well as works of travel writing.
Music at the Close won the Ryerson Fiction Award in 1947, and was republished by the New Canadian Library in 1972.
McCourt died on January 6, 1972.
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Canadian writer (1907-1972)
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Edward McCourt was born on 10 October 1907 in Mullingar.
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Edward McCourt died on 6 January 1972 in Saskatoon.
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Edward McCourt was a novelist, literary critic, biographer, writer and scholar of English.
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