Morley Callaghan was educated at Withrow PS, Riverdale Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School.
10 Facts About Morley Callaghan
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Morley Callaghan articled and was called to the Bar, but did not practice law.
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Morley Callaghan began writing stories that were well received and soon were recognized as one of the best short story writers of the day.
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Morley Callaghan's novels and short stories are marked by undertones of Roman Catholicism, often focusing on individuals whose essential characteristic is a strong but often weakened sense of self.
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Morley Callaghan published little between 1937 and 1950 - an artistically dry period.
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Morley Callaghan's last novel was A Wild Old Man Down the Road.
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Morley Callaghan was a contributor to The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Maclean's, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post, Yale Review, New World, Performing Arts in Canada, and Twentieth Century Literature.
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Morley Callaghan was interred in Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery in Ontario.
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Morley Callaghan was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1960.
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Morley Callaghan is the subject of a CBC Television Life and Times episode, and the CBC mini-series, Hemingway Vs Callaghan, which first aired in March 2003.