David Watmough, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

David Watmough

Canadian writer

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1926

Date of Death: 04-Aug-2017

Profession: playwright, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About David Watmough

  • David Arthur Watmough (August 17, 1926 - August 4, 2017) was a Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelist. Watmough was born in London, England, and attended King's College London.
  • He has worked as a reporter (the Cornish Guardian, a 'Talks Producer' (BBC Third Programme) and an editor (Ace Books).
  • He immigrated to Canada in 1960, to Kitsilano in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lived for 40 years with his partner, ex-Californian Floyd St.
  • Clair (1930–2009), an opera critic and, from 1963 till his retirement in 1996, a University of British Columbia French professor.
  • He became a Canadian citizen in 1967.Watmough lived from 2004 to 2009 in Boundary Bay and before his death had been living at Crofton Manor, a Vancouver assisted-living facility. In 2008 he published his autobiography, "Myself Through Others: Memoirs".

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