Noted Canadian novelist & poet with NZ connections has died

From Booksellers NZ weekly newsletter The Read:


Alberta writer Robert Kroetsch dies at 83
Booksellers NZ was saddened to learn the news that Laura Kroetsch's father, Canadian novelist and poet Robert Kroetsch has died in a car accident near Drumheller, Alta. He was 83.


And here is another tribute sent to me by a friend via Facebook:

Robert Kroetsch won the University of Alberta's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003

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And from the Winnipeg Free Press.


The Bookman extends his deepest sympathy to Laura who played an active part on the NZ book scene for many years as a book judge and reviewer, and in various admin roles before being appointed Director of the Adelaide Festival last year.