Grove, Frederick Philip (1879-1948)

Canadian novelist and essayist. His experiences as an itinerant farm hand and schoolteacher on the prairies gave substance to his evocative sketches ‘Over Prairie Trails’ 1922 and his realist tragedies Settlers of the Marsh 1925 and Fruits of the Earth 1933, exploring the emotional and spiritual costs of pioneer life, material success, and family conflict in rural Manitoba.

Born in Prussia, he wrote poems, plays, and novels in German and worked as a translator before debt drove him to Canada.