Robertson Davies: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	William Robertson Davies
Born	August 28, 1913 • Canada
Died	December 2, 1995 (aged 82) • Canada
Notable Works	“A Mixture of Frailties” • “Fifth Business” • “Leaven of Malice” • “Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing” • Salterton trilogy • “Tempest-Tost” • “The Cunning Man” • “The Deptford Trilogy” • “The Lyre of Orpheus” • “The Manticore” • “The Rebel Angels” • “The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks” • “What’s Bred in the Bone” • “World of Wonders”