George Woodcock

Japanese: ウッドコック（英語表記）George Woodcock

1912‐95
Canadian critic. Educated in Britain, he became involved in the anarchist movement. Returning to Japan in 1949, he made a great contribution to raising the standard of Canadian literary studies through the founding and editing of the quarterly magazine Canadian Literature (1959). He continues to be a prolific writer in a wide range of fields, including literary criticism, biographies, travelogues, and Canadian studies. He has written a large number of books, including Anarchism (1962), Canada and Canadians (1970), and his autobiography Letters to the Past (1982). [Hirano Keiichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1912‐95
カナダの評論家。イギリスで教育を受け，アナーキズム運動にかかわる。1949年に帰国。季刊誌《カナダ文学》の創刊(1959)と編集を通しカナダ文学研究の水準を高めるのに大きく寄与する。自らも文学評論，伝記，旅行記，カナダ論など多岐にわたる分野で旺盛な文筆活動を続ける。著書は《アナーキズム》(1962)，《カナダおよびカナダ人》(1970)，自伝《過去への手紙》(1982)などきわめて多い。【平野敬一】

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