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UWindsor professor emeritus Alistair MacLeod, who died Sunday, April 20, is remembered by colleagues as a caring educator as well as one of Canada's greatest....
Prairie-born author was known for his short stories and his novel 'No Great Mischief'.
Alistair MacLeod
Canadian writer and academic ()
Not to be confused with Alastair McLeod, Australian based celebrity chef.
Alistair MacLeod | |
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MacLeod at Cape Breton University in | |
| Born | ()July 20, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | April 20, () (aged77) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, professor |
| Almamater | St.
Francis Xavier University, University of Notre Dame |
| Notable works | No Great Mischief, The Lost Salt Gift of Blood, As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories |
| Children | Seven, including: Alexander MacLeod |
Alistair MacLeod, OC FRSC (July 20, April 20, ) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic.
His powerful and moving stories vividly evoke the beauty of Cape Breton Island's rugged landscape and the resilient character of many of its inhabitants, the descendants of Scottish immigrants, who are haunted by ancestral memories and who struggle to reconcile the pas