Global InformationBill Schermbrucker information
Bill Schermbrucker | |
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| Born | William Gerald Schermbrucker 23 July 1938 Eldoret, Kenya |
| Died | September 14, 2019 (aged 81) Saturna Island, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Academic and author |
| Nationality | Kenyan Canadian |
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William Gerald Schermbrucker (23 July 1938 — 14 September 2019) was a Kenyan Canadian academic and author who primarily worked at Capilano College from 1968 to 1998. Before teaching in Canada, Schermbrucker taught in multiple African cities between the late 1950s to mid 1960s. These locations included Cape Town and Kikuyu, Kenya. Between 1973 and 2013, Schermbrucker primarily wrote short stories while he expanded into books.
For some of his publications, Schermbrucker set his works during the Mau Mau rebellion and the Boer War. With Mimosa, Schermbrucker won the 1989 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize as part of the B.C. Book Prizes. Following his death, his interviews in Saturna Island were made into a four part collection called Making a Living on Saturna.