Lewis deSoto

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Past editor of The Literary Review of Canada, Lewis deSoto was born in Blomfontein, South Africa and now lives in Toronto and Normandy.

His novel A Blade of Grass is a profoundly moving example of the written art.

Awards include Books in Canada and the Writer's Union Short Prose Award.

DeSoto has also written a biography of B.C. painter Emily Carr.