Graeme Gibson | |
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Born | Thomas Graeme Cameron Gibson 9 August 1934 London, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 18 September 2019 London, England | (aged 85)
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
Genre | |
Notable works | Eleven Canadian Novelists (1973) |
Spouse | Shirley Gibson (div. c. 1973) |
Partner | Margaret Atwood (1973–his death, 2019) |
Graeme C. Gibson CM (9 August 1934 – 18 September 2019) was a Canadian novelist.[1] He was a Member of the Order of Canada (1992). He was one of the organizers of the Writer's Union of Canada (chair, 1974–75). He was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada.
Gibson was in a partnership with fellow Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood from 1973 until his death.
In April 2017, Gibson was diagnosed with dementia.[2] He died on 18 September 2019 in a hospital in London, England at the age of 85.[3][4]