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David Arnason (born May 23, 1940) is a Canadian author and poet who lives in Winnipeg with his partner Mhari Mackintosh. ==Life== Born in Gimli, Manitoba, Arnason is of Icelandic descent and often writes about the Icelandic community in Canada. He is the son of Baldvin and Gudrun Arnason and the eldest of seven children. He attended the University of Manitoba where he received a B.A. and M.A., and has a Ph.D. from the University of New Brunswick.〔http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/authorlist/individual/homepages/david_arnason/arnason.html〕 Arnason co-founded the ''Journal of Canadian Fiction'' with John Moss at the University of New Brunswick in 1972. He was one of the co-founders of Queenston House Press in Winnipeg and has been an editor of Turnstone Press in Winnipeg since 1975. He was chairman of the Literary Press Group and a member of the executive of the Association of Canadian Publishers. He served on the Manitoba Arts Council 1985–1987. He has taught at the University of Manitoba since 1972 and was the head of the English Department from 1997 to 2006.〔 He was Acting Head of the Department of Icelandic, at the University of Manitoba from 1998 to 2006. His archives are held at University of Manitoba.〔(Description of David Arnason's archives at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections )〕 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「David Arnason」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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