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- Birth nameTimothy Irving Frederick Findley
- Nickname
- Tiff
- Timothy Findley was born on October 30, 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for The Wars (1983), Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969) and Dieppe 1942 (1979). He was married to Janet Reid. He died on June 20, 2002 in Brignoles, Var, France.
- SpouseJanet Reid(1959 - 1961) (divorced)
- Honored in 1996 with France's highest award for artistic achievement, a Knighthood in the Order of Arts and Letters.
- Married briefly to Canadian actress Janet Reid. Lived his final years in France with his domestic partner, William Arvin..
- Author of 12 novels, 2 short story collections, 2 memoirs and 4 plays, with another, ''Shadows,'' nearing completion.
- One of Canada's best-selling and most honored authors.
- Won every major Canadian literary award.
- Without apology, I must admit that I cannot imagine why I have written what I have. It does occur to me, however, that a thread runs through all my work that has to do with unlikely people being confronted with uncommon events.
- I don't think any of my work is within any given genre. I just write whatever I write. It's the same thing with theory. I don't believe in theory. Nothing is ever plotted long the lines of any given theory because that would kill the writing. And you have to force your storyline and force your characters into a mold. And why do that? You've killed half the impetus of what writing is about. Which is about exploring. Exploration. You're exploring the people you write and they develop under your hand and become whole.
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