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Seán Virgo

Seán Virgo was born in Malta, and grew up in South Africa, Malaya, Ireland and the U.K. He immigrated in 1966 and became a citizen 1972.

He has lived on the Queen Charlotte Islands, Newfoundland, various Gulf Islands, the Bruce Peninsula and – for the last few years – in  Southwest Saskatchewan.

His first publications were poetry, and he still sometimes performs as a poet, but he is best known for his short fiction (White Lies; Wormwood; Waking in Eden; A Traveller Came By; ) and a novel, Selakhi.  A new collection of stories, Begging Questions, was published last Fall.


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Last updated: May 17, 2007