Robertson Davies was born 28 August 1913 in Thamesville, Ontario. He attended Upper Canada College, Queen's University, and Oxford, studying literature. He worked in the theatre for a few years before becoming the literary editor of Saturday Night Magazine and then editor of the Peterborough Examiner. Davies was appointed Master of Massey College in 1961 and died 2 December 1995 in Orangeville, Ontario.

Books by Robertson Davies

	1947 The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks
	1949 The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks
	1951 Tempest-Tost
	1954 Leaven of Malice
	1958 A Mixture of Frailties
	1960 A Voice from the Attic: Essays on the Art of Reading The author shares his thoughts on literature and on reading as a form of art.
	1967 Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack
	1970 Fifth Business
	1972 The Manticore
	1975 World of Wonders
	1979 The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
	1981 The Rebel Angels
	1982 High Spirits
	1985 What's Bred in the Bone
	1985 The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks
	1988 The Lyre of Orpheus
	1991 Murther and Walking Spirits
	1993 Reading and Writing
	1995 The Cunning Man
	1996 The Merry Heart
	1997 Happy Alchemy
	2000 For Your Eye Alone: Letters 1976-1995
	2002 Discoveries: Early Letters 1938-1975
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Series

	Salterton Trilogy Tempest-Tost Leaven of Malice A Mixture of Frailties
	Deptford Trilogy Fifth Business The Manticore World of Wonders
	Cornish Trilogy The Rebel Angels What's Bred in the Bone The Lyre of Orpheus
	Toronto Trilogy (unfinished) Murther and Walking Spirits The Cunning Man

Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1972 – The Manticore – Winner

• Lorne Pierce Medal
  • 1961 Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 1972 – Companion

• Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
  • 1955 – Leaven of Malice – Winner

Comments

Added 13 November 2005.
Updated 07 January 2012.