Rudy Wiebe

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Rudy Wiebe was born 4 October 1934 in the Speedwell-Jackpine region of Saskatchwan, near Fairholme. When Wiebe was 13, his family left the isolated Mennonite community and moved to Coaldale, Alberta. He earned a B.A. from the University of Alberta in 1956, then studied at the University of Tuebingen in West Germany on a Rotary International Fellowship. Returning to Canada and the University of Alberta, he earned an M.A. in creative writing in 1960. His thesis was expanded and became his first novel, Peace Shall Destroy Many. Wiebe then moved to Winnipeg where he studied education at the University of Manitoba and taught high school. He considered becoming a minister and received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Mennonite Brethren Bible College in 1962. He served as editor of the Mennonite Brethren Herald until controversy over Peace Shall Destroy Many forced his resignation in 1963. Wiebe then taught at the Mennonite college in Goshen until 1967, when he became a Professor of Creative Writing and English at the University of Alberta. He retired in 1992 and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta.


Books by Rudy Wiebe

Peace Shall Destroy Many
1962
Peace Shall Destroy Many
1966
First and Vital Candle
The Blue Mountains of China
1970
The Blue Mountains of China
The Temptations of Big Bear
1973
The Temptations of Big Bear
1974
Where is the Voice Coming From?
The Scorched-Wood People
1977
The Scorched-Wood People
1977
Far As the Eye Can See (play)
1979
Alberta: A Celebration
The Mad Trapper
1980
The Mad Trapper
1982
The Angel of the Tar Sands and Other Stories
1983
My Lovely Enemy
Playing Dead
1989
Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic
1992
Chinook Christmas
A Discovery of Strangers
1994
A Discovery of Strangers
River of Stone
1995
River of Stone
Stolen Life
1998
Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman (with Yvonne Johnson)
Sweeter Than All the World
2002
Sweeter Than All the World
Hidden Buffalo
2003
Hidden Buffalo
Of This Earth
2006
Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest
2010
Rudy Wiebe: Collected Stories, 1955-2010
 
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Added 01 February 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.