Английская Википедия:Charles Gordon (journalist)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Charles William Gordon Шаблон:Post-nominals (born 1940) is a Canadian writer and retired journalist, best known as a longtime columnist for the Ottawa Citizen.[1]
Background
Born in New York City while his father J. King Gordon was working in publishing there,[2] Gordon grew up in several cities around the world during his father's diplomatic career with the United Nations.[2] He is also the brother of writer Alison Gordon and the grandson of novelist Ralph Connor.[2] He studied political science at Queen's University.[2]
Career
While completing his master's degree in political science, Gordon was hired as an editor with the Brandon Sun in 1964,[2] remaining with the paper until joining the Citizen in 1974.[2] With the Citizen, he held a variety of roles – including writing editorials, editing the local news and books sections, and writing his daily column[2] – until retiring from the paper in 2005.[1] He took a leave of absence from the paper in 2002 to serve for several months as writer-in-residence at the University of Ottawa.[3] Gordon's columns were noted for their wry and sometimes satirical humour.[2]
He published several books, both fiction and non-fiction. His first book, The Governor General's Bunny Hop, was adapted by CBC Television into the short-lived sitcom Not My Department.[4] He also wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Paul Hiebert's influential humour novel Sarah Binks.
Awards and honours
He was a three-time nominee for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, garnering nods in 1986 for The Governor General's Bunny Hop,[5] in 1994 for How Not to Be Too Bad[6] and in 2002 for The Grim Pig.[7]
He was granted an honorary doctorate from Brandon University in 1994.[8]
He was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada in 2023. He lives in Ottawa.[9]
Works
- The Governor General's Bunny Hop (1985, Шаблон:ISBN)
- At the Cottage: An Affectionate Look at Canada's Summer Obsession (1989, Шаблон:ISBN)
- How to Be Not Too Bad: A Canadian Guide to Superior Behaviour (1993, Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Canada Trip (1997, Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Grim Pig (2001, Шаблон:ISBN)
- Still at the Cottage: Or the Cabin, the Shack, the Lake, the Beach, or Camp (2006, Шаблон:ISBN)
References
Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:Use Canadian English
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 "Charles Gordon: Incisive, Funny, Retired". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2005.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 2,7 "Cottage Industry". Winnipeg Free Press, August 3, 2006.
- ↑ "Charles Gordon Named U of O Writer in Residence". Ottawa Citizen, April 16, 2002.
- ↑ "Shelley Peterson Says New Sitcom Won't Embarrass Hubby David". The Gazette, September 26, 1987.
- ↑ "Star's Slinger Up for Humor Prize". Toronto Star, April 11, 1986.
- ↑ "Richardson Wins Leacock Prize". Ottawa Citizen, April 26, 1994.
- ↑ "Charles Gordon Nominated for Leacock". Ottawa Citizen, March 20, 2002.
- ↑ "Not bad! Citizen Book Editor Given Honorary Doctorate". Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 1994.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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