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A. Colin Wright
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A. Colin Wright was born and raised in Chelmsford, Essex, England. After serving as a linguist in the British Royal Air Force, Wright read Modern Languages at Cambridge University, where he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees. In 1964, he was appointed a professor of Russian at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He remained at Queen’s until his retirement in 1999 and still resides there today. Dr. Wright is married and has two grown sons.
In his fiction, he is interested primarily in works dealing with the purpose and meaning of life (he has a horror of post-modernism and simple, sentimental descriptions of everyday life, and has little interest in works dealing with specific problems.) Religion in its broadest sense--but not that of specific churches or creeds --is obviously important to him. He tries to create a good story, with realistic characters who question established norms of behaviour, with particular reference to the sexual.
He acts and directs in the local theatre.
With a love of languages (he speaks English, French, German, Russian and Italian, with a smattering of Spanish and Scots Gaelic), he is adamant about correct grammar in his writing. This unfortunately also makes him highly critical of others!
He also loves travel and has led various groups for Craig Travel in Toronto to Russia, Ukraine, China, South Africa, Southern India, Alaska and the islands of the North Atlantic. In September 2009 he travelled to Africa again, this time to Kenya and Tanzania.
Birth Place: Chelmsford, England
Accomplishments: Ph.D; Awards in the Theatre BC National Playwriting Competition, and in the Ottawa Little Theatre Canadian One-Act Playwriting Competition. His academic book, Mikhail Bulgakov: Life and Interpretations, included by Choice in the best academic books of 1978.
Sardinian Silver is a finalist in the 2009 Indie Awards. It received an honorary mention in the fiction category of the San Francisco Book Festival and was one of two runners-up in the fiction category of the New York Book Festival. It has recently won a Pinnacle Books Award for the best fiction.
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Books

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Short Stories
 Ghost Stations by A. Colin Wright Before the fall of the Berlin Wall a man spends his time travelling on the underground and overground city railways, and is persuaded to help a crazy woman trying to find her lost lover in the East....
The Comedy of Doctor Foster (Part two) by A. Colin Wright Conclusion of the story of Doctor Foster...
The Comedy of Doctor Foster (Part One) by A. Colin Wright Those who maintained that Dr. Foster’s demise was the result of a pact he’d made with the devil were, quite frankly, mistaken......
The Bells of Khatyn by A. Colin Wright A former German soldier returns to a Belorussian village, now a memorial, where he was one of those responsible for destroying it....
Queen's Grill Bar by A. Colin Wright "I’m a librarian, and I kissed a film star once. I touched her nipples too. At least I think I did."
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A Pregnant Woman with Parcels at Brock and Bagot by A. Colin Wright Two strangers who met at a party accidentally meet again on the street--or do they?...
Geisterbahnhöfe (Translation of Ghost Stations) by A. Colin Wright German translation (by a friend of mine) of "Ghost Stations" below. Just in case anyone would like to read a story set in Germany in German!...
Night Train to Cologne by A. Colin Wright A man returns to Germany and meets the woman he once was in love with. But now he must decide whether to go back to England with his wife......
The Trouble with Saints by A. Colin Wright Why is a statue no longer there? A man with ambitions to be a great lover becomes involved with two very different Italian girls... ...
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Articles
 What I believe (Part Four) by A. Colin Wright Continuing discussion...
Chance or Fate? (God’s computer) Part 2 by A. Colin Wright What is chance, fate? How everything that we and others do influences our lives. Part 2 of previous article....
Chance or Fate? (God's Computer) Part One by A. Colin Wright What is chance, fate? How everything that we and others do influences our lives....
What I believe (Part Three) by A. Colin Wright Continuing discussion of beliefs about life and death...
What I believe (Part Two) by A. Colin Wright Continuing with what I believe...
What I believe (Part One) by A. Colin Wright A brief discussion of my personal beliefs...
Literature and Literary Fiction by A. Colin Wright What is literary fiction? How does one define literature? ...
Literature, Originality, Bulgakov and Me by A. Colin Wright A continued discussion on Literature, with examples taken from Mikhail Bulgakov...
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News
 Sardinian Silver wins Pinnacle Book Award by A. Colin Wright Sardinian Silver wins Pinnacle Book Award...
New Review from US Review of Books by A. Colin Wright A new review by Peter M. Fitzpatrick in US Review of Books ...
My play Lieutenant Kizhe now on line by A. Colin Wright My play Lieutenant Kizhe, an adaptation of the story by Yuri Tynianov, is now on line at www.productionscripts.com...
Sardinian Silver Interview by A. Colin Wright Apex Interview added...
My play Germany Calling! now on line. by A. Colin Wright My play, based on the life of WIlliam Joyce (known as Lord Haw-Haw) is now available....
Apex Review added: Linda Waterson by A. Colin Wright A new review of "Sardinian Silver" ...
Interview on Sardinian Silver added by A. Colin Wright Interview added to site...
My plays now to be on line. by A. Colin Wright My play, Really Judith, is now available on line....
Sardinian Silver by A. Colin Wright Sardinian Silver has been awarded an honorable mention in the San Francisco Book Festival....
Sardinian Silver by A. Colin Wright Sardinian Silver has also been named a finalist in the regiional category of the Indie Awards....
Sardinian Silver by A. Colin Wright Sardinian Silver is also one of two runners-up in the Fiction Category of the New York Book Festival. After being a mere "Honorary Mention" in the San Francisco Book Festival and a "Finalist" in the I...
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Events
 Book Fair in Ottawa 11/21/2009 Ottawa Independent Writers Bookfair...
Lecture on Dostoevsky and Religion 11/3/2009 A. Colin Wright will present a discussion of Dostoevky, with particular reference to his views on religion...
Another reading for Sardinian Silver 9/20/2009 Sardian Silver reading and discussion...
Guest blogger on Polka Dot Banner 9/16/2009 I shall be a guest blogger on Polka Dot Banner (www.polkadotbanner.com) on 16th September...
Sardinian Silver reading and sale of books 6/20/2009 Reading at Italian Week...
Sardinian Silver 6/17/2009 Reading, discussion and signing of novel Sardinian Silver....
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Links
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| Sardinian Silver
More information about the novel, with the complete text of Chapter One (also read by the author) and questions for discussion at book groups. Also has two professional reviews of the book.
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A. Colin Wright
All about what the author has written and published.
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Polka Dot Banner
(Also listed on this site.)
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The Red Room
(Also listed on this site)
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Additional information
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| Dating originally from working in the island in the 1960s, the novel Sardinian Silver (which is essentially a love story) has now a certain historic value: the island having changed almost unrecognizably since then. A more detailed article on this will appear on this site shortly.
The stories on this site have all been published in literary magazines: the hope is that they will eventually be published as a collection. |
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Contact
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Kingston, Ontario
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