Background
BIRNEY, Earle was born on May 13, 1904 in Calgary, Alberta Son of William G. Bimey and Martha Robertson.
BIRNEY, Earle was born on May 13, 1904 in Calgary, Alberta Son of William G. Bimey and Martha Robertson.
University of British Columbia, Toronto, Calif, and London.
Lecturer during summer sessions, University British Columbia 1927-1934, 1936-1937. Instructor in English, University of Utah 1930-1934. Lecturer, Assistant Professor, of English, University of Toronto 1936-1942.
Personnel Selection Officer, Canadian Army, retd, with rank of Major
1942-1945; Supervisor of European Foreign Language Broadcasts, Radio Canada 1945-1946. Professor, of English, University of British Columbia 1946-1962, Professor, of Creative Writing, Head of Department 1963-1965.
Writer in Residence, University of Toronto 1965-1967, University of Waterloo 1967-1968, University of Western Ontario 1981-1982. Regents Professor, of Creative Writing, University of California 1968.
Royal Society of Canada Scholarship 1934-1936, Governor-General’son
Writer 1966, The Cow Jumped over the Moon 1972, Spreading Time 1980, Essays on Chaucerian Irony (with Beryl Rowland) 1985, Words on Waves (radio plays) 1985.
Married Esther Bulletin in 1940 (divorced in 1977).