Profile of Hugh Hood on Famous Like Me

Hugh Hood (April 30, 1928 - August 1, 2000) was a novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Montreal, Quebec

Hood wrote 32 books: seventeen novels including the twelve-volume New Age novel sequence (influenced by Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell), several volumes of short fiction, and five of nonfiction. He taught English literature at the Université de Montréal.

In 1988, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Bibliography

Novels

• White Figure, White Ground (1964)
• The Camera Always Lies (1967)
• A Game of Touch (1970)
• You Cant Get There From Here (1972)
• Five New Facts about Giorgione (1987)

The New Age Series

1. The Swing in the Garden (1975)
2. A New Athens (1977)
3. Reservoir Ravine (1979)
4. Black and White Keys (1982)
5. The Scenic Art (1984)
6. The Motor Boys in Ottawa (1986)
7. Tony's Book (1988)
8. Property & Value (1990)
9. Be Sure to Close Your Eyes (1993)
10. Dead Men's Watches (1995)
11. Great Realizations (1997)
12. Near Water (2000)

Short Stories

• After the Sirens (1960)
• Flying a Red Kite (1962)
• Around the Mountain: Scenes from Montreal Life (1967)
• The Fruit Man, The Meat Man & The Manager (1971)
• Dark Glasses (1976)
• Selected Stories (1978)
• None Genuine Without This Signature (1980)
• After the Sirens (1960)

Non-Fiction

• Strength Down the Centre: The Jean Beliveau Story (1970)
• The Governor's Bridge is Closed (1973)
• Scoring: The Art of Hockey [Illus. Seymour Segal] (1979)

Lecker, Robert; David, Jack: The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors: Volume Five (by J.R. (Tim) Struthers), pp 231.

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