J. F. C. Wright

James Frederick Church Wright (1904–1970) was a Canadian journalist and historian, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1940 Governor General's Awards for Slava Bohu, a historical account of Canada's Doukhobor community.[1]

J. F. C. Wright
Born1904
Wiltshire, England
Died1970
Occupationjournalist, historian
NationalityCanadian
Period1940s-1960s
Notable worksSlava Bohu, Saskatchewan: The History of a Province
SpouseDiana Kingsmill Wright

Born in Wiltshire, England in 1904 to Canadian parents who were travelling there,[2] he was raised in Minnedosa, Manitoba.[2] He held a variety of jobs before joining the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix as a journalist,[2] remaining there for seven years.[2] At the time of his Governor General's Award win, he was working in Ottawa, Ontario as a fireman,[2] but later took a scriptwriting job with the National Film Board.[3] He married Diana Kingsmill in 1944 while living in Ottawa,[3] and the couple later moved back to Saskatoon.[3]

Active in the Saskatchewan chapter of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, the Wrights became co-editors of Union Farmer, the newspaper of the Saskatchewan Farmers' Union, in 1950.[4]

Wright's later books included All Clear, Canada! (1944), Co-operative Farming in Saskatchewan (1949), Saskatchewan's North (1953), Saskatchewan: The History of a Province (1955), Prairie Progress: Consumer Co-operation in Saskatchewan (1956) and The Louise Lucas Story: This Time Tomorrow (1965).

He committed suicide in 1970.

References
  1. "Authors to Hold Coast Convention". Lethbridge Herald. August 9, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Ottawa Writer Wins Prize on Doukhobors". Ottawa Journal. April 5, 1941. p. 21. Retrieved November 24, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Biography - Wright, James Frederick Church" . Saskatoon Public Library Local History Collections.
  4. Diana Kingsmill Wright (1908-1982) Archived October 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Saskatchewan's Environmental Champions.
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