| Roy Vogt | |
| Birth Date: | 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation: | Economist |
| Period: | 1970s–1990s |
| Relatives: | Erich Vogt (brother) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Manitoba |
Roy H. Vogt (1934–1997) was an economist, professor, literary critic and pastor from Steinbach, Manitoba and an important figure in Mennonite literature.[1] [2] Vogt was born in 1934 in Steinbach and pastored First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg where he died in 1997.[3]
Vogt received a PhD. in 1970 and taught economics at the University of Manitoba for many years.[4] He authored a number of textbooks on economics including Whose Property? The Deepening Conflict Between Private Property and Democracy in Canada and Economics: Understanding the Canadian Economy. In 1998, the University of Manitoba Faculty Association created an annual Roy Vogt Memorial Award named in his honour.[5]
Vogt was also a significant contributor and literary critic of the first wave of Mennonite literature during the 1970s, founding the Mennonite Mirror and the Mennonite Literary Society in 1970, and was a contributor to the Journal of Mennonite Studies.[6]