Alistair MacLeod, Canadian Novelist, Dies at 77

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The Canadian literary world is mourning the loss of Alistair MacLeod, a great writer and academic who inspired generations of students, who died at age 77 this past Sunday. The Saskatchewan native died from complications from a stroke he suffered in January.

MacLeod’s first and only novel, “No Great Mischief,” was published in 1999 to ecstatic reviews. He also published somewhat fewer than two dozen short stories. Nearly all of MacLeod’s fiction is set on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, where MacLeod spent his childhood and maintained a home later in life. In spite of his limited literary output, his reputation remains extremely bright.

For wonderful biographical accounts, please consider reading the following:

“In appreciation of Alistair MacLeod” by Frances Itani, Ottawa Citizen

“Alistair MacLeod, a Novelist in No Hurry, Dies at 77” by Margalit Fox, New York Times

“Remembering a great writer: Alistair MacLeod dies at 77” by Steven Galloway, Special to the Globe and Mail

 

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