John Newlove

J. A. Weingarten (McGill University)

Ed. by Karis Shearer, University of British Columbia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 13 Jun 1938
Died 23 Jun 2003
Activity 1958-2003

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

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Poet

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John Herbert Newlove was born in 1938 in Regina, Saskatchewan. His parents (Thomas Harold, a lawyer, and Mary Constant Newlove, a teacher) separated when Newlove was young; his mother supported herself and her son by teaching in various communities across the Canadian prairies. His impressions of these communities, namely Veregin and Kamsack (both in Saskatchewan) would appear in his later writing. After Newlove completed high school, he studied for one year at the University of Saskatchewan before dropping out. He worked various jobs throughout the 1950s: a radio jockey, a high-school teacher, and a news editor for several radio stations. From 1960-67, Newlove lived in Vancouver, British Columbia. Initially, he lived with local artist Roy Kiyooka, who introduced the young poet to major…

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Citation: Weingarten, J. A.. "John Newlove". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 April 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3327, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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