W. P. Kinsella Writer

William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC (born May 25, 1935) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe (1982), which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989. His work has often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Kinsella William Patrick (full name)
Birth dateMay 25, 1935
Birth nameWilliam Patrick Kinsella
Birth place
Alberta , Edmonton , Canada
Nationality
Canada
Ethnicity
Irish Canadian
Citizenship
Canada
Education
University of Victoria
University of Iowa
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Master of Fine Arts

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award
Order of British Columbia
Order of Canada
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour

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W. P. Kinsella on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archive.is/bWts
  2. http://ring.uvic.ca/97oct31/kinsella.html
  3. http://smokelong.com/flash/8010.asp
  4. http://smokelong.com/flash/wpkinsella22.asp
  5. http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Houghton%20Mifflin%20Literary%20Fellowship%20Award
  6. http://www.librarything.com/publisher/1251/Enfield-Wizenty
  7. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wp-kinsella
  8. http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/after-grad/writers.htm
  9. http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/baseball/kinsella.html