Greg Hollingshead, Date of Birth

Greg Hollingshead

Canadian writer

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1947

Profession: writer, university teacher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gregory "Greg" Hollingshead, CM (born February 25, 1947) is a Canadian novelist.
He was formerly a professor of English at the University of Alberta, and he lives in Toronto, Ontario.He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools and the University of Toronto. His 1995 short story collection The Roaring Girl won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards.
His 1998 novel The Healer won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.
He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012.As a professor with the Department of English & Film Studies, Hollingshead taught creative writing classes for 30 years; he retired as emeritus in 2005.
From 2000 to 2018, he directed the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre.