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[[Image:JHodgins2.jpg|right|thumb|Jack Hodgins in [[1981]] ]]
'''Jack Hodgins''' (born [[October 3]], [[1938]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] novelist and short story writer. Born in the [[Comox Valley]], [[British Columbia]], he attended the [[University of British Columbia]], where he was encouraged by [[Earle Birney]].
CriticallyBorn acclaimed,in amongthe his[[Comox best received works is ''Broken Ground'' (1998)Valley]], a [[historicalBritish novelColumbia]], sethe afterattended the [[WorldUniversity Warof I|FirstBritish World WarColumbia]], for whichwhere he receivedwas theencouraged by [[Ethel Wilson FictionEarle PrizeBirney]]. He worked as a high school teacher of English in [[Nanaimo]], B.C.British Columbia, before taking a position at the [[University of Victoria]] in the Creative Writing Department.
Critically acclaimed, among his best received works is ''Broken Ground'' (1998), a [[historical novel]] set after the [[World War I|First World War]], for which he received the [[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]].
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