Robert Lecker | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, author |
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| Education | BA (1974), MA (1976), PhD (1980) in English |
| Alma mater | York University |
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| Institutions | Greenshields Professor of English at McGill University |
| Notable works | Who Was Doris Hedges? The Search for Canada's First Literary Agent |
| Website | www |
Robert Lecker (born 1951) FRSC is a Canadian scholar, author, and Greenshields Professor of English at McGill University, where he specializes in Canadian literature.[1] He received the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching at McGill University in 1996. Lecker is a leading authority on Canadian literature. In 2012, Lecker was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his influential studies on literary value in English Canada and Canadian cultural identity.[2][3] In addition to his teaching and academic writing, Lecker has held a number of prominent positions in the Canadian publishing industry throughout his career. He founded ECW Press in 1997, he co-edited the Canadian literary journal Essays on Canadian Writing between 1975 and 2004, he has edited several anthologies of Canadian and international literature, and he currently heads a literary agency in Montreal, the Robert Lecker Agency.
- ^ Faculty page, Department of English, McGill University
- ^ Royal Society of Canada, "Class of 2012: List of New Fellows."
- ^ "Royal Society of Canada honours 12 McGill researchers and scholars." McGill Reporter 6 Sept. 2012.