William Arthur Deacon

William Arthur Deacon (6 April 1890 — 5 August 1977) was a Canadian literary critic and editor.

Biography
Deacon was in Pembroke, Ontario on 6 April 1890.

he studied in Winnipeg, Manitoba to be a lawyer, but eventually became a book review editor, and "aimed to become the first full-time book reviewer in Canada". He worked for the Winnipeg Free Press (1921), Saturday Night (1922–28), The Mail and Empire (1928–36) and The Globe and Mail (1936–61). He died on 5 August 1977 in Toronto.

Selected works

 * Pens and Pirates (1923)
 * Poteen and Other Essays (1926)
 * The Four Jameses (1927)
 * My vision of Canada (1933)