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Henry Kreisel was born on 5 June, 1922, is a Canadian writer (1922–1991). Discover Henry Kreisel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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1922

Henry Kreisel, OC (June 5, 1922 – April 22, 1991) was a Canadian writer of novels and essays and a professor of literature.

Kreisel was born in Vienna, Austria to a Polish-born mother and a Romanian-born father.

The family, which was Jewish, managed to reach Britain just before the Second World War, but, like many other German-speaking refugees, they were declared enemy aliens after the war began.

1940

In 1940 Kreisel was relocated to Canada.

1941

He lived on a farm in New Brunswick until 1941.

It was there that he began his career as a writer, deciding to write in English and modelling himself on the bilingual author Joseph Conrad.

1946

After Canada decided to release the refugees from the camps they had been assigned to, Kreisel decided to pursue his dream of writing and was educated at the University of Toronto, BA, 1946, MA, 1947.

He than denied any connection with or use of the German language, being the language of his persecutors.

1947

In 1947 he began teaching at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, later became Head of the English Department and then VP Academic.

1954

Kreisel earned a PhD from the University of London in 1954.

Kreisel became one of the first Jewish writers to write about Jewish-Canadian issues.

1987

He retired in 1987 as Professor of Comparative Literature.

His time spent in Western Canada is reflected in some of his short stories and his essay "The Prairie: A State of Mind", a frequently anthologized discussion of Western Canadian regionalism.

He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1987.

In order to honour him, the University of Alberta's Canadian Literature Centre in Edmonton organizes an annual "Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture".

An inventory of his papers is existing at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.