Manuscript Collection - Eric Wright Papers

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Eric Wright Papers

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  • 1956-ongoing (Creation)

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(1929-2015)

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Eric Wright was born in 1929 in London, England, and emigrated to Canada at the age of 22. He has served as Writer in Residence at the Peterborough Public Library and taught English at Ryerson Polytechnic University until 1989. He has published several books, among them The Night the Gods Smiled (1983) and Death by Degrees (1993).

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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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