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Dr. Arthur Motyer (December 15, 1925 - June 23, 2011) was a Canadian educator, playwright and novelist. Born in Hamilton, Bermuda, the son of building contractor and land developer Ernest Motyer and Edith Brunning, he was educated at Saltus Grammar School and later (1942-1945) studied English literature at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1945, after graduation and short periods in the Canadian Army and the University of Toronto, he travelled to England on a Rhodes Scholarship where read English at Exeter College, studying under Nevill Coghill. His namesake uncle, Arthur John Motyer, had also been a Rhodes scholar from Bermuda (1905).〔Mount Allison University, (Alumni profile )〕 Returning to Canada, from 1948 to 1950 he taught English and drama at the University of Manitoba and at then moved to the Eastern Townships of Quebec where he took a teaching position at Bishop's University, which he held for the next twenty years. Among his students there were the future novelist Michael Ondaatje and Scott Griffin, founder in 2000 of the Griffin Poetry Prize.〔Noreen Shanahan, ("Professor Arthur Motyer had a profound impact on his students" ), ''The Globe and Mail'', July 31, 2011〕 Griffin has spoken about Motyer's influence on his attitude towards poetry: In the 1960s, while director of the Dramatic Society at Bishop’s he led the development and realization of the Centennial Theatre there. Opening in 1967, Centennial Theatre has played a significant role in the cultural life of the Eastern Townships ever since. In 1970, he returned to his alma mater where he accepted the position of Purvis Professor of English and associate dean of faculty at Mount Alison University. Among other roles in Sackville, he was chair of the classical concert touring organization Debut Atlantic, founded Windsor Theatre and the Mount Allison Drama Program, and was the founding chair of Live Bait Theatre. He died in Sackville in 2011.〔(Obituary )〕 ==Personal life== He was married to and later divorced Janet Speid. They had two children. He was gay, a fact he only revealed publicly after retirement and with the publication of his novel ''What's Remembered''. His partner in the latter part of his life was the composer Alasdair MacLean.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Motyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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