Linda Hutcheon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Linda Hutcheon

Canadian academic

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1947

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: professor, literary critic, literary scholar

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Linda Hutcheon, FRSC, O.C.
(born August 24, 1947) is a Canadian academic working in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian studies.
She is a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, where she has taught since 1988.
In 2000 she was elected the 117th President of the Modern Language Association, the third Canadian to hold this position, and the first Canadian woman.
She is particularly known for her influential theories of postmodernism.