BIO

Ann Saddlemyer is an internationally known expert in the field of Anglo-Irish literature. Among her most recent works are Becoming George: The Life of Mrs. W. B. Yeats (2002; rpt., 2003), which was shortlisted for the James Tait Black award for biography, and W. B. Yeats and George Yeats: The Letters (2011), both published by Oxford University Press.

Educated at the University of Saskatchewan (B.A., 1953), Queen’s University, Kingston (M.A., 1955), and Bedford College of the University of London (Ph.D., 1961), Ms. Saddlemyer taught at the University of Victoria in British Columbia until 1971, when she accepted appointments as Professor of Drama and Professor of English at the University of Toronto. In 1988, she was appointed Master of Massey College at that university, a position she held until her retirement.

Among her honors are the M. L. Rosenthal Award from the Yeats Society of New York (2001), for her contributions to Yeats studies; the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal (2002); and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012). In 2008, Concordia University established the annual Ann Saddlemyer Lecture, and in 2011 she was elected an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Currently, Ann Saddlemyer is Director of both Colin Smythe Limited, Publishers, and the Hedgerow Press. She is also a Corresponding Scholar of the Academy of the Shaw Festival.
 

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