The Resume

(August 28, 1913-December 2, 1995)
Birth name was William Robertson Davies
Wrote 'Tempest-Tost (1951),' 'Fifth Business (1970),' 'The Manticore (1972),' 'World of Wonders (1975),' 'The Cornish Trilogy (1981, 1985, 1988),' 'High Spirits (1982),' 'Murther and Walking Spirits (1991)' and 'The Cunning Man (1995)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was pretentious.
Although Canadian, he spoke with a fake English accent.
He looked like something out of 'The Lord of the Rings.'
He wore outlandish clothing and enormous hats.
He was sometimes accused of elitism and misogyny.
When he died, one critic called him: 'an old white writer, yet another mediocre and ponderous symbolist' (ouch).
He grew up rich and got his start in publishing when his father gave him a newspaper to edit.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was bullied a lot as a child.
He had a sharp sense of humor.
He could make fun of himself.
He was modest about his own talents.
He found everyday things fascinating.
He is considered a Canadian literary icon.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Egg Heads
• I Attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 1995 (Ranked: 82)
• I Performed with Bruce Springsteen
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Known By a Middle Name
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Order of Canada Recipients
• Profiles 11501-11750 (Ranked: 11549)
• Santa Claus Look-alikes
• Sissies
• Walruses
• Wannabe Brits
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 2]
• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 71 Votes: 19.72% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 45 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 65 Votes: 44.62% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 6.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 49 Votes: 83.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 71.74% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 61 Votes: 75.41% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 68.24% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 104 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 163 Votes: 59.51% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 124 Votes: 55.65% Annoying