Ian McLachlan (writer)

Ian McLachlan
Ian McLachlan
Occupation	Playwright, novelist, academic, art collector.
Nationality	British
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.
Period	1960 - present
Notable work	The Seventh Hexagram

Ian McLachlan is a Canadian writer and academic from Peterborough, Ontario. He is best known for his novel The Seventh Hexagram, which was co-winner with Michael Ondaatje's Coming Through Slaughter of the inaugural Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1976^[1] and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1976 Governor General's Awards.^[2]

After earning a Master of Arts at Oxford University in 1960,^[3] McLachlan established the department of comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong before joining the faculty of Trent University in 1970.^[3] Before his retirement, McLachlan served as the chair of Cultural Studies department for over 14 years. After The Seventh Hexagram, he published a second novel, Helen in Exile, in 1980.^[4]

He has been a prominent figure in the arts and culture of Peterborough, Ontario.^[3] His activities have included founding the local publishing company Ordinary Press,^[3] serving on the boards of the city's Artspace and Union Theatre,^[3] and founding and programming for the Canadian Images Film Festival.^[3] With the film festival, he was fined in 1983 for screening A Message from Our Sponsor, a documentary film about subliminal advertising, without approval from the Ontario Censor Board.^[5]

As a playwright, his works have included Pioneer Chainsaw Massacre, Postscript, Lear One/One, Frankenstein Meets the Recession, The Orchard,^[6] Doctor Barnardo's Children^[7] and Wounded Soldiers.^[7] His non-fiction works have included Shanghai 1949 and In the Margins of the Empire: Reading Cambodia.

Works

The Seventh Hexagram (1976)
Helen in Exile (1980)
Shanghai 1949 (1989), with Sam Tata
Lear One/One (1990)
In the Margins of the Empire: Reading Cambodia (1993)
The General and the Mother (1995)
Crow Hill (1997), with Robert Winslow
The Orchard (1998), with Robert Winslow
Dr Barnardo's Children (2005), with Robert Winslow
Ho Chi Minh in Prison (2010)
Wounded Soldiers (2013), with Robert Winslow

References

^ "Two writers will share $1,000 prize". Toronto Star, March 29, 1977.
^ "Richler and Munro are alive and well between books". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1977.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Canada's small towns are changing". Toronto Star, January 15, 1987.
^ "Feminist novel a heroic achievement". The Globe and Mail, November 6, 1980.
^ "Three fined $900 for screening film". The Globe and Mail, March 26, 1983.
^ "Drive a little farther and add to your theatre options". The Record, May 21, 1998.
^ ^a ^b "4th Line Theatre announces 2014 summer lineup". Peterborough This Week, November 1, 2013.