Today in Wheeling History: February 28--Keith Maillard, acclaimed Canadian-American novelist and poet, was born in Wheeling (1942).
Keith Lee Maillard (born February 28, 1942, in Wheeling, West Virginia) grew up on Wheeling Island. He attended Linsly Military Institute on scholarship, graduating 3rd in his class in 1960, before going on to study at West Virginia University, University of Michigan, and Vancouver Community College School of Music. From 1968 to 1970, Maillard worked in Boston as a writer and producer for an anti-Vietnam War radio program. He was not eligible for the draft and was a war resister rather than a draft dodger. In 1970, disillusioned after the Kent State shootings, Maillard emigrated to Canada. He became a Canadian citizen in 1976. Maillard has worked as a musician, house painter, photographer, feather dyer, and ghostwriter while establishing his literary career as a novelist and poet. Appointed to the Creative Writing faculty at the University of British Columbia in 1989, he has published 15 novels set in the fictional Raysburg, WV, as well as 2 poetry collections and 2 memoirs. Maillard’s many honors include the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (1990), Commonwealth Writers' Prize shortlist (1996), Governor General's Award finalist (1999), Gerald Lampert Award (1995), and Alberta Book Award (2019). He resides in West Vancouver, BC with his wife and two daughters.
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Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling, WV; Wheeling Hall of Fame, Wikipedia, Amazon
Keith Lee Maillard (born February 28, 1942, in Wheeling, West Virginia) grew up on Wheeling Island. He attended Linsly Military Institute on scholarship, graduating 3rd in his class in 1960, before going on to study at West Virginia University, University of Michigan, and Vancouver Community College School of Music. From 1968 to 1970, Maillard worked in Boston as a writer and producer for an anti-Vietnam War radio program. He was not eligible for the draft and was a war resister rather than a draft dodger. In 1970, disillusioned after the Kent State shootings, Maillard emigrated to Canada. He became a Canadian citizen in 1976. Maillard has worked as a musician, house painter, photographer, feather dyer, and ghostwriter while establishing his literary career as a novelist and poet. Appointed to the Creative Writing faculty at the University of British Columbia in 1989, he has published 15 novels set in the fictional Raysburg, WV, as well as 2 poetry collections and 2 memoirs. Maillard’s many honors include the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (1990), Commonwealth Writers' Prize shortlist (1996), Governor General's Award finalist (1999), Gerald Lampert Award (1995), and Alberta Book Award (2019). He resides in West Vancouver, BC with his wife and two daughters.
To learn more: (http://tinyurl.com/4zy8mm2r) (http://tinyurl.com/mwa6heay) (http://tinyurl.com/msee64x4)
Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling, WV; Wheeling Hall of Fame, Wikipedia, Amazon
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