Stephen Scobie, Date of Birth

Stephen Scobie

Canadian poet

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1943

Profession: poet, university teacher, literary critic

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Stephen Scobie (born 31 December 1943) is a Canadian poet, critic, and scholar. Born in Carnoustie, Scotland, Scobie relocated to Canada in 1965.
He earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver after which he taught at the University of Alberta and at the University of Victoria, from which he recently retired. Scobie is a founding editor of Longspoon Press, an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada, and the recipient of the 1980 Governor General's Award for McAlmon's Chinese Opera (1980) and the 1986 Prix Gabrielle Roy for Canadian Criticism.