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338:, was published in 1941. At first not much noticed, it went on to become a Canadian literary classic and set the precedent for the genre of Canadian prairie fiction. He wrote three more novels during his lifetime, as well as a few anthologies of short stories, none of which became as well known as his first novel. He is known to have destroyed manuscripts of novels that his publisher rejected, including a sequel to 36: 726: 681: 671: 320:
during World War II. He remained with the Royal Bank until his retirement in 1968, after which he spent some time in Spain and Greece before moving to a nursing home in
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A monument in his honour has been erected in Indian Head by Saskatchewan artists and readers, with a bronze statue sculpted by
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a year later. At first, he worked in a number of small towns in Saskatchewan, then moved to
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Transl. Walter E. Riedel. Manesse, Zurich 1986, pp. 339–358; and in
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Transl. Karl Heinrich. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1974, pp. 103–117
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in 1933 where he wrote and published his most famous novel
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