Phyllis Grosskurth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian writer
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Phyllis Grosskurth
- Phyllis M.
- Grosskurth, (March 16, 1924 – August 2, 2015) was a Canadian academic, writer, and literary critic. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in English from the University of Toronto and later a Master of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa.
- In 1962, she was awarded a doctorate by the University of London, and in addition became a Doctor of Letters at Trinity College, University of Toronto.
- She published ground-breaking studies of literary/ sexual and psycho-analytical subjects: firstly editing the journals and then publishing a biography of John Addington Symonds.
- This was followed by a controversial exploration of Freud and his inner circle; then a study of Melanie Klein, which was the source of a successful stage play called Mrs Klein written by Nicholas Wright.
- Her biography of Lord Byron, The Flawed Angel, was the first comprehensive study of the subject for a generation. Phyllis Grosskurth was in later life professor emerita at the University of Toronto, and in 2000 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
- In 2002, she was awarded the Order of Ontario. She first married Robert Grosskurth, with whom she had two sons and a daughter.
- Following their divorce she was married from 1968 to 1978 to Mavor Moore.
- In her later years she was married to Robert McMullan. She died on August 2, 2015 in Toronto.
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