George Woodcock

Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic (1912-1995)

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Lived 1912–1995, aged 83Canada
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    21 languages
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    1912–1995
    Aged 83
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    3
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Updated 2026-07-01

George Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published several volumes of travel writing. In 1959 he was the founding editor of the journal Canadian Literature which was the first academic journal specifically dedicated to Canadian writing. He is most commonly known outside Canada for his book Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962).

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