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George Woodcock

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

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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.

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1973Molson Prize
1966Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction
1951Guggenheim Fellowship

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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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Lived 1912 to 1995 · aged 82
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