Henry Kreisel

Henry Kreisel, OC (June 5, 1922 – April 22, 1991) was a Canadian writer of novels and essays. Kreisel was born in Vienna, Austria to a Polish-born mother and a Romanian-born father. The family, which was Jewish, managed to reach Britain just before the Second World War, but, like many other German-speaking refugees, they were declared enemy aliens after the war began. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1987. In order to honour him, the "Canadian Literature Centre" in Edmonton organizes an annual "Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture".