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Max Wyman. Writer, critic, b Wellingborough, England, 14 May 1939, naturalized Canadian 1979. He studied piano and theory as a youth and began his career in journalism with the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph at 14. After studies at Nottingham U he worked 1960-7 as an editor, arts critic, and feature writer for London newspapers and magazines. He moved to Canada in 1967 and served 1968-79 as music and dance critic for the Vancouver Sun. In 1980 he became a columnist, dance, and theatre critic, and books editor for the Vancouver Province. He became a contributing editor for Performing Arts in Canada in 1973 and wrote regular British Columbia columns 1968-76 for Opera Canada and 1970-5 for the Canada Music Book. He has also written for the Canadian Composer, Musicanada, Music Scene, various dance periodicals, and other magazines and newspapers in Canada, the USA, and England. He is a contributor to EMC, The New Grove Dictionary, and the Canadian Encyclopedia, and has prepared reviews and commentaries for CBC radio and TV. Wyman has on occasion lectured about dance or criticism at Simon Fraser University and Vancouver Community College. He served 1972-4 as a governor of the CCA and received an award of merit from the Community Arts Council of Vancouver in 1987. He is the author of The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: The First 40 Years (Toronto, New York 1978), Dance in Canada (Vancouver 1989), and Evelyn Hart: An Intimate Biography (Toronto 1991).
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Honorary Degree Citations: Max Wyman
A brief profile of Canadian cultural commentator Max Wyman. From the website for Simon Fraser University.
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