Robert Calder (writer)
Robert Lorin Calder, a Canadian writer and professor, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1989 for his Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham.
Born in Moose Jaw and growing up in Saskatoon, Calder studied at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Leeds where he earned a PhD in Literature.[1]
In addition to winning the Governor General's Award, Calder also won a Saskatchewan Book Award for Beware the British Serpent: The Role of British Propaganda in the United States, 1939–1945 (2004).[2]
Works
- A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War, (2004)
- Beware the British Serpent: The Role of British Propaganda in the United States, 1939–1945, (2004)
- Saskatchewan Roughriders, Rider Pride: The Story of Canada’s Best-Loved Football Team, (1984)
- Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham, (1989)
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