Hal Niedzviecki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hal Niedzviecki

Canadian writer

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1971

Place of Birth: Brockville, Ontario, Canada

Profession: novelist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Hal Niedzviecki

  • Hal Niedzviecki (born January 9, 1971) is a Canadian novelist and cultural critic.
  • Born in Brockville, he was raised by a Jewish family in Ottawa, Ontario, and Potomac, Maryland, did his undergraduate studies at University College, Toronto, and his postgraduate studies at Bard College.
  • In 1995, he co-founded the magazine Broken Pencil, a guide to underground arts and zine culture, and was the magazine's editor until 2002.
  • He has also written for Adbusters, Utne, The Walrus, This Magazine, Geist, Toronto Life, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post.
  • In 2006, Niedzviecki hosted a summer replacement series, Subcultures, on CBC Radio One. In 2017, Niedzviecki wrote a piece for Write, the Writers' Union of Canada magazine, where he wrote: "In my opinion, anyone, anywhere, should be encouraged to imagine other peoples, other cultures, other identities" and told writers to try to "Win the Appropriation Prize".
  • After controversy arose over the piece he resigned from the editorial board.

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