Graeme Gibson

Thomas Graeme Cameron Gibson CM FRCGS (9 August 1934 – 18 September 2019) was a Canadian novelist.

[1] The elder son of Brigadier General Thomas Graeme Gibson, a career Army officer, and radio singer Mary (née Cameron), of Australian origin,[2] Gibson's family frequently moved around during his childhood, going from Halifax to Ottawa to Toronto where he attended Upper Canada College.

His first novel, Five Legs (1969), is widely regarded as a breakthrough in Canadian experimental literature.

[1] An arts, environmental and social justice advocate, Gibson was one of the founders of the Writers' Union of Canada, which recognized his contribution by establishing an award in his honour in 1991.

[14] He died on 18 September 2019 in London, England, where Atwood was promoting her new book, five days after suffering a severe stroke.