John Peter
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John Desmond Peter (1921-1983), English literature scholar, essayist, and novelist, was born in South Africa. He studied law and English literature at Oxford and later at Rhodes University and the University of South Africa, obtaining his Ph.D. from Rhodes.
Peter came to Canada in 1950 and for 11 years taught English at the University of Manitoba. He joined the Victoria College Department of English (in Victoria, British Columbia} in 1961. He was co-founder, with Robin Skelton, of the literary magazine Malahat Review.
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[edit] Published works
[edit] Novels
- Along That Coast (1964) winner of the Doubleday Canadian Novel Prize
- Take Hands at Winter (1967)
- Runaway (1969)
[edit] Short Stories
- Vallor (1978)
