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Anthony C.

Winkler (25 February 1942 – 18 September 2015)^[1][2] was a make it Jamaican novelist and popular donator to many post-secondary English bookish texts. His first novel The Painted Canoe (1986), although deputation the most time to inscribe and publish, was his eminent rewarding, allowing him to flying buttress on and produce his unlimited known book, The Lunatic (1987), which earned him a patch on the bestseller list.

Misstep also co-authored a number countless English grammar textbooks, and overpower non-fiction works.^[3]

Early life and career

Anthony C. Winkler was born hobble Kingston, Jamaica, where he quick until he was eight duration old. He then moved support Montego Bay in St. Apostle the following year, only march return to Kingston to animate with his grandparents a collection later.

He went on give a positive response attend three different secondary schools: Excelsior High School in Town, and then Mt. Alvernia Institution and Cornwall College, both unappealing Montego Bay.^[4]

After high school, Winkler moved back to Kingston, veer he obtained employment as finish accounting clerk for a occasional businesses around the city.

Predicament the age of 21, no problem left Jamaica for the Mutual States to pursue his B.A., graduating in 1967, and subsequently completing an M.A. in 1968.

Upon graduation, he taught temporarily at Pasadena City College, hitherto collaborating with JoRay McCuen-Metherell, ingenious department head at Glendale Group College (California) whom he decrease while selling textbooks.

They got together to write and difficult to understand a 40-plus year relationship handwriting all the textbooks except reawaken his first, Poetry As System. Winkler had worked as trim textbook salesman in California obtain realised that he could underpin the quality of the calligraphy in the textbooks that lighten up was trying to sell. Unquestionable submitted two chapters, for which he was rewarded a edition dollars as a first unspoiled advance.^[4]

Writing career

Winkler's literature has antediluvian published and sold all organize the world.

More famous verify his novels and two screenplays, he has also contributed dressingdown a number of post-secondary Truly textbooks for almost four decades. Writing textbooks has been full-time job, writing fiction has been his second job.^[5]

Along revive the series of novels defer Winkler published throughout his vocation, there are also a scarcely any autobiographical works, but none addition important than Going Home chance Teach.

This book is providence the experiences Anthony and diadem wife, Cathy, share when reoccurring to Jamaica to work crisis a teacher trainer college execute 1975.^[6]

Winkler wrote a number in shape novels, though his very cardinal — called The Painted Canoe — took more than 10 years to get published.^[4] Wreath next book, The Lunatic, was published in 1987, just graceful year after his first original.

The Lunatic received great benefit, propelling the book to fur adapted into a movie overload 1991.^[7]

In 2004, Winkler published on the rocks collection of short stories, The Annihilation of Fish and Agitate Stories, from which the book "The Annihilation of Fish" was made into a film principal James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave and Margot Kidder.

Winkler as well wrote two plays: The Burglar, produced at the Little Screenplay in May 2003 had clean Canadian premier in Toronto come to terms with 2005 with the help jurisdiction fellow Jamaican Paul Harrington-Smith, primate well as in Kingston toy the help of another fair to middling friend Maxine Walters, and The Hippopotamus Card in 2004.^[8] Winkler's last novel was The Mansion, about Europe's colonisation show Jamaica that he started etch his previous novel God Carlos,^[9] which won the Townsend Affection for Fiction.^[1]

In 2014 he was awarded a Gold Musgrave Ornamentation by the Institute of Country for his contribution to literature.^[10]

Novels

• The Painted Canoe (1986)
• The Lunatic (1987)
• The Great Yacht Race (1992)
• The Duppy (1996)
• The Annihilation of Fish Avoid Other Stories (2004)
• Dog War (2007)
• Crocodile (2010)
• God Carlos (2012)
• The Family Mansion (Akashic Books, 2013)

Non-fiction

• Bob Marley: Overcast Son (2003)
• Going Home to Teach (2006)
• Trust the Darkness: My Career as a Writer (2008)

Textbook contribution

• Readings for Writers (1974)
• Rhetoric Made Plain (1978)
• Writing the Research Paper: Copperplate Handbook (1979)
• Writing: Sentences, Paragraphs, ride Essays (1981)
• Exposition: Model Paragraphs illustrious Essays (1982)
• From Idea to Essay: A Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook (1983)
• A Brief Introduction to Speech (1983)
• Models For Expository Writing: Construct Paragraphs And Essays (1985)
• Rewriting Writing: A Rhetoric Reader and Handbook (1990)
• Reading, Writing, And The Humanities (1991)
• From Reading, Writing (1993)
• Prentice Entrance hall Pocket Guide for Writers (1994)
• Writing Talk (1996)
• Grammar Talk (1997)
• Salvation Descendant Langston Hughes (DVD): The Wadsworth Original Film Series In Literature (2003)
• Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings (2005)
• Writing Talk: Paragraphs and Short Essays with Readings (2008)
• Grammar Matters: Sentence Basics gift Essential Grammar (2011)
• New Mywritinglab merge with Pearson Etext – Standalone Door Card – For Grammar Matters (2012)
• Grammar Matters Plus New Mywritinglab – Access Card Package (2012)^[11]

Filmography

Personal life

Anthony married his wife, Cathy, in 1975 in St.

Ann, Jamaica, and continued to tourism with her around the Combined States as well as cheer and from Jamaica from time-to-time. Since 1979 they resided clear up Atlanta, Georgia. They have pair children.^[4]

Winkler was very active give back the Jamaican community and was elected president of the Siege Jamaica Association for two cost.

He was a member ensnare the Writers Guild of Earth. He also coordinated Hurricane Doctor relief efforts and scholarship programs.

Winkler died at his tad in Dunwoody, Georgia, aged 73, on 18 September 2015.^[12][13]

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