One of Canada's most prolific writers – playwright, poet, critic, editor, biographer –
was born in Winnipeg, Canada but spent his early years
in England returning to Canada in 1949.
He considered himself both an outsider and observer of the English cultural scene.
He edited Now, one of the most influential literary journals of the period, as well as Freedom.

He started his writing life as a poet The Centre Cannot Hold (1943) and
returned to poetry in his later years.
Over the years he wrote more than a hundred books on
many different subjects, e.g. – political writings (The Anarchist Prince, Ghandi),
studies (George Orwell, Kropotkin), history & travel (Faces of India, The Canadians),
literary criticism (Dawn and The Darkest Hour, The Crystal Spirit, Northern Spring) to name a few.
He founded Canadian Literature at The University of British Columbia
in 1959 and edited it until 1977.
He wrote for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for over 30 years
and hundreds of his scripts (documentaries, plays, etc.) have been broadcast
on CBC Radio and CBC Television. The Island of Demons is but one.

His gentle but outspoken advocacy of a rich Canadian culture made him
one of the country's most articulate, intellectual individuals.

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