Morley Callaghan (1903-1990) Commemorative plaque, 1992.
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Resource ID
6166
Access
Open
Address
40 Glen Road, Toronto, ON M4W 2V1
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
1992
Historical Themes
Program Category
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Heritage Toronto
Caption
Morley Callaghan (1903-1990) Commemorative plaque, 1992.
Description
Morley Callaghan wrote 18 novels and over 100 short stories, all about Canadians. Critically acclaimed around the world, he has been compared with Chekhov and Turgenev. He sold his first story while attending Riverdale Collegiate and worked as a reporter for the Toronto Star during his student years at the University Of Toronto. In 1928 he published his first novel, Strange Fugitive and in 1929 he married Loretto Dee. They lived in Paris - where they were befriended by Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Joyce - then in New York and Pennsylvania until the early thirties, when they returned to Toronto. Callaghan moved to Dale Avenue in 1951. Neighbours often saw and talked to him as he crossed this bridge with his wife and dog, Nikki, then with his dog, then alone until he died in 1990.
Marker lat / long: 43.67349, -79.37503 (WGS84)