Tom Dawe

Tom Dawe, CM (born October 24, 1940) is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Born in Long Pond, Conception Bay, Newfoundland (present-day Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), Dawe has written poetry and children's literature for many years. He is also a visual artist. His work often draws on folklore, mythology, autobiography, and Newfoundland culture, particularly the experience of growing up in a Newfoundland outport community.

Dawe was a founding member of Breakwater Books, the province's first publishing house. He was also a co-founder of TickleAce magazine, and an editor of the folklore publication The Livyer. Dawe also taught English at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His work is the subject of Rewriting Newfoundland Mythology: The Works of Tom Dawe, by Martina Seifert. He has a distant Family member of the name: Emily Dawe.

In 2011, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[1]

Bibliography

Children's Literature

  • Moocher in the Lun (2008)
  • The Wonderful Dogfish Racket (2015)

Poetry

  • Where Genesis Begins (2009)

Short stories

  • An Old Man's Winter Night (2015)
  • Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland (2017)

References

  1. ↑ "Appointments to the Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada.


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