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Morley Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
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As a young man, Callaghan joined The Toronto
Star, where he met Hemingway for the first time, and where
the seeds of his literary career were planted. Callaghan became
a literary sensation at the youthful age of 25. When he and
his new bride Loretto traveled to Paris in 1929, they counted
among their friends James Joyce, Miro, Fitzgerald and, of
course, Hemingway.
But as much as Callaghan was feted abroad, his reception
in Canada was always a bit more rocky. One Toronto bookseller
refused to keep any copies of his first book, Strange Fugitive.
Years later, when he received the Governor-General's award
in 1951 for The Loved and the Lost, some critics still thought
it was embarrassing, implausible, almost snobbishly liberal.
His final years were ones of vindication and heartbreak.
After years of being in the critical doghouse, Callaghan became
the grand old man of Canadian literature. Sadly, however,
he wouldn't be able to savour those moments with his wife
and partner. Loretto died in 1984, after years of failing
health. In the twilight of his life, Callaghan, headed back
to Paris for a poignant, final visit to the city that had
beckoned once before. He died three years later in 1990 at
age 87.
Original Air Date - March 25, 2003
Links
Morley
Callaghan (Online Guide to Writing in Canada)
Morley
Callaghan (Encyclopedia.com)
Morley
Callaghan clips from the CBC Archives
Behind
the Scenes feature on the CBC movie Hemingway vs. Callaghan
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