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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

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

• Arthur Ellis Awards: Nonfiction
  • 1999 – A Stolen Life – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1973 – The Temptations of Big Bear – Winner
  • 1994 – A Discovery of Strangers – Winner

• Governor General's Literary Award: Nonfiction
  • 1998 – Stolen Life – Shortlisted

• Lorne Pierce Medal
  • 1986 Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 2000 – Officer

Added 01 February 2006.
Updated 07 October 2008.