Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

female, 70 years old
Canadian, Feminist, Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, Governor General's Award winning poet, Authors selected for Canada Reads, literary criticism…Member of the Order of Ontario, writer, science fiction writer, Women short story writer, Canadian women writer
Many commend Margaret Atwood for her ability of depicting individual and worldly troubles of universal concern (Study Guide). Over thirty years,...
Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock

male, deceased (1944)
ph.d, immigrant to Canada, English, Throat cancer death, Ontariowriter, Canadian…from York Region, Ontario
Stephen Butler Leacock, Ph.D, FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist.
Marian Engel

Marian Engel

female, deceased (1985)
Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, Canadian women writer, From sarnia, Officer of the Order of Canada, Feminist, Canadian…children's writer, Ontariowriter, writer
Marian Engel, née Marian Ruth Passmore was a Canadian novelist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was educated at McMaster University and McGill U...
Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies

male, deceased (1995)
convert to Anglicanism, Canadian of Welsh descent, Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, criticism, Ontariowriter, university of toronto…from Chatham-Kent, Ontario
William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a...

Elizabeth Hay

female, 58 years old
Canadian women writer, Giller Prize, Governor General's Award, Writers' Trust of Canada, Yellowknife, 2003 Governor General's Awards…Ontariowriter
Elizabeth Grace Hay (born 22 October 1951) is a Canadian novelist. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, she was educated at the University of Toronto. Hay...
Conrad Black

Conrad Black

male, 65 years old
fraudster, American, franklin delano roosevelt, criminal, Eddie Greenspan, House of Lords…writer, Ontariowriter
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former financier and...
Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke

male, 75 years old
Canadian of Barbadian descent, Barbadian, Commonwealth Writers Prize, immigrant to Canada, Barbadian Canadian, kirkland…Order of Ontario, Ontariowriter, Member of the Order of Ontario, Short story writer
Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke, CM, O.Ont (born 26 July 1934) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer who lives in Toronto,...
Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton

male, deceased (2004)
from Vaughan, Ontario, Canadian military personnel of World War II, Canada's Walk of Fame, World War I historian, death by myocardial infarction, Canadian military personnel…Member of the Order of Ontario, Order of Ontario, from York Region, Ontario, Ontariowriter
Pierre Francis Berton, CC, O.Ont, BA, D.Litt (July 12, 1920 - November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana...

Lawrence Hill

male
Black Canadian, Joshua Key, Josh Key, Ontariowriter, Canadian, Non-fiction writer
Lawrence Hill is a Canadian writer, whose memoir "Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada", was a Canadian bestseller in 2001....
Neil Young

Neil Young

male, 64 years old
guitarist, singer-songwriter, Rock guitarist, World star, electric, godparent…Ontario musician, Ontariowriter
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee,...