Timothy Irving Frederick Findley was a Canadian author and playwright. He was born in Toronto to upper-class parents, Margaret Maude Bull and Allan Gilmour Findley, a stockbroker. He attended St. Andrew’s College, a boarding school, until the 10th grade when he left for health reasons. He studied dance and acting before turning to writing. He was part of the original Stratford Festival company, acting alongside Alec Guinness, and he also appeared in the first performance of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker at the Edinburgh Festival.
Findley declared himself a homosexual but went on to marry actress and photographer Janet Reid in 1959. The marriage ended only three months later. He met...
