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'''Leon Rooke''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (born September 11, 1934) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[novelist]]. He was born in [[Roanoke Rapids]], [[North Carolina]] in the [[United States]]. Educated at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]].
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'''Leon Rooke''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (born September 11, 1934) is a Canadian [[novelist]]. He was born in [[Roanoke Rapids]], [[North Carolina]] in the United States. Educated at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].


Rooke helped to found the [[Eden Mills Writers' Festival]] in 1989. In 2002, Rooke championed ''[[The Stone Angel]]'' by [[Margaret Laurence]] in that year's edition of ''[[Canada Reads]]''. Rooke's work also appears in [[Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts]]. In 2007, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{OCC|5131}}</ref>
Rooke helped to found the [[Eden Mills Writers' Festival]] in 1989.<ref name="artbio">{{cite web| url=http://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/artist-bios/| title=Artist Bios {{!}} Eden Mills Writer's Festival}}</ref> In 2002, Rooke championed ''[[The Stone Angel]]'' by [[Margaret Laurence]] in that year's edition of ''[[Canada Reads]]''. Rooke's work also appears in [[Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts]].
In 2007, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{OCC|11409}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
Approximately 350 short stories published;

*''Last One Home Sleeps in the Yellow Bed'' — 1968
*''Last One Home Sleeps in the Yellow Bed'' — 1968
*''Vault'' — 1973
*''Vault'' — 1973
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*''The Magician in Love'' — 1981
*''The Magician in Love'' — 1981
*''The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta'' — 1982
*''The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta'' — 1982
*''Shakespeare's Dog'' — 1983 (winner of the [[1983 Governor General's Awards|1983 Governor General's Award for Fiction]])
*''[[Shakespeare's Dog]]'' — 1983 (winner of the [[1983 Governor General's Awards|1983 Governor General's Award for Fiction]])
*''A Bolt of White Cloth'' — 1984
*''A Bolt of White Cloth'' — 1984
*''Sing Me No Love Songs, I'll Say You No Prayers'' — 1984
*''Sing Me No Love Songs, I'll Say You No Prayers'' — 1984
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*''Who Goes There'' — 1998
*''Who Goes There'' — 1998
*''The Fall of Gravity'' — 2000
*''The Fall of Gravity'' — 2000
*''Painting the Dog'' — 2001
*''Painting the Dog: Selected Stories'' — 2001
*''Balduchi's Who's Who'' — 2005
*''Balduchi's Who's Who'' — 2005
*''Hot Poppies'' — 2005
*''Hot Poppies'' — 2005
*''The Beautiful Wife'' — 2005
*''The Beautiful Wife'' — 2005
*''Hitting the Charts: Selected Stories'' — 2006
*''Hitting the Charts: Selected Stories'' — 2006
*''The Last Shot: Selected Stories'' — 2009
*''The Last Shot: Eleven Stories and a Novella'' — 2009
*''The April Poems'' — 2013
*''Swinging Through Dixie'' — 2016
*''Fantastic Fiction and Peculiar Practices'' — 2016


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.leonrooke.com Leon Rooke's official website]
*{{Official site|http://www.leonrooke.ca/}}
*[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006923 Leon Rooke's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060511211642/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006923 Leon Rooke's] entry in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
*[http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/ Blackbird: an online journal of literaturea and the arts]
*[http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/ Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts]

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Latest revision as of 18:39, 9 June 2023

Leon Rooke
Leon Rooke at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013
Rooke at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013
Born (1934-09-11) September 11, 1934 (age 90)
Notable awardsOrder of Canada
Website
www.leonrooke.ca

Leon Rooke, CM (born September 11, 1934) is a Canadian novelist. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in the United States. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Rooke helped to found the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 1989.[1] In 2002, Rooke championed The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence in that year's edition of Canada Reads. Rooke's work also appears in Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts.

In 2007, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[2]

Bibliography

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Approximately 350 short stories published;

  • Last One Home Sleeps in the Yellow Bed — 1968
  • Vault — 1973
  • Krokodile — 1973
  • Sword/Play — 1974
  • The Love Parlour — 1977
  • The Broad Back of the Angel — 1977
  • Cry Evil — 1980
  • Fat Woman — 1980 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
  • Death Suite — 1981
  • The Magician in Love — 1981
  • The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta — 1982
  • Shakespeare's Dog — 1983 (winner of the 1983 Governor General's Award for Fiction)
  • A Bolt of White Cloth — 1984
  • Sing Me No Love Songs, I'll Say You No Prayers — 1984
  • A Good Baby — 1989
  • Daddy Stump — 1991
  • How I Saved the Province — 1989
  • The Happiness of Others — 1991
  • Who Do You Love — 1992
  • The Boy from Moogradi and the Woman with the Map to Kolooltopec — 1993
  • Muffins — 1995
  • Narcissus in the Mirror — 1995
  • Oh, No, I Have Not Seen Molly — 1996
  • Art. Three Fictions in Prose — 1997
  • Oh! Twenty-Seven Stories — 1997
  • Who Goes There — 1998
  • The Fall of Gravity — 2000
  • Painting the Dog: Selected Stories — 2001
  • Balduchi's Who's Who — 2005
  • Hot Poppies — 2005
  • The Beautiful Wife — 2005
  • Hitting the Charts: Selected Stories — 2006
  • The Last Shot: Eleven Stories and a Novella — 2009
  • The April Poems — 2013
  • Swinging Through Dixie — 2016
  • Fantastic Fiction and Peculiar Practices — 2016

References

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  1. ^ "Artist Bios | Eden Mills Writer's Festival".
  2. ^ Order of Canada citation
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