Background
Bringhurst, Robert was born on October 16, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of George Heber and Marion Jeanette Bringhurst.
Bringhurst, Robert was born on October 16, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of George Heber and Marion Jeanette Bringhurst.
Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963-1964, 70-71; student, University Utah, 1964-1965; Bachelor in Comparative Literature, Indiana U., 1973; Master of Fine Arts, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1975.
Visiting lecturer department creative writing, U. B.C., Vancouver, 1975-1977;
lecturer department English, U. B.C., Vancouver, 1979-1980;
adjunct lecturer, Simon Fraser U., Burnaby, B.C., 1983-1984;
writer-in-residence, U. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1986;
Canada/Scotland exchange fellow, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1989-1990. Author history and criticism: Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada (with others), 1983, Ocean/Paper/Stone, 1984, Shovels, Shoes and the Slow Rotation of Letters, 1986, Part of the Land, Part of the Water: A History of the Yukon Indians (with others), 1987, the Black Canoe: Bill Reid and the Spirit of Haida Gwaii, 1991, The Elements of Typographic Style, 1992. Co-author: The Raven Steals the Light, 1984.
Author stage productions, works for multiple voices.
( Dazzling collection of poems, songs and lyric meditatio...)
Member Writers Union Canada, Sierra Club, Greenpeace. M C.
1 child, Piper Laramie.