Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1968-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
54 boxes (8 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Payerle was born on August 21, 1945, in Vancouver of Hungarian parents. He is a novelist, poet, translator and editor. His published works include two novels, several poetry collections and numerous poems, essays and fiction excerpts in literary journals throughout Canada and abroad. His work has also appeared widely in anthologies and on radio.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of draft manuscripts of Payerle's various works, including The Afterpeople (1970), Wolfbane Fane (1977), Two from Babylon (1990) and The Weather and That (1993). It also includes drafts of his unpublished poems and prose, papers documenting his involvement with The Writers' Union of Canada, and correspondence from other writers in the Union and those whose work he edited.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some material is restricted. Seeing finding aid for details.
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca. Please note that this material requires 2 business days to retrieve.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English