Charles Tory Bruce (May 11, 1906 - December 19, 1971) was a Canadian poet, journalist and fiction writer."Charles Tory Bruce"
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''. He was most noted for his poetry collection ''The Mulgrave Road'', which won the

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at the 1951 Governor General's Awards."Notes on the Winners". ''

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'', June 14, 1952. Born in Port Shoreham,

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, Bruce graduated from

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in 1927. He then joined the '' Halifax Chronicle'', where he worked for eight months before joining

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. He served as a war correspondent during

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."CP newsman won recognition for his poetry". ''

'', December 20, 1971. In this role, he was presumed missing for several days after accompanying the

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into the ill-fated

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, but was located safe and alive several days later. By 1945, he was general superintendent of the news agency, holding that role until his retirement in 1963. As a creative writer, he published the poetry collections ''Wild Apples'' (1927), ''Tomorrow's Tide'' (1932), ''Personal Note'' (1941), ''Grey Ship Moving'' (1945), ''The Flowing Summer'' (1947) and ''The Mulgrave Road'' (1951), the novel ''The Channel Shore'' (1954) and the short story collection ''The Township of Time'' (1959). His poetry also appeared in magazines such as '' Harper's'', '' Saturday Night'', ''Canadian Poetry'' and ''

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''. Mount Allison University awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Letters in 1952, and the year after his Governor General's Award win he served as a judge in the same category. His final book, a history of the

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company titled ''News and the Southams'', was published in 1968. He died on December 19, 1971 in

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Works

* ''Wild Apples'', (1927) * ''Tomorrow's Tide'', (1932) * ''Personal Note'', (1941) * ''Grey Ship Moving'', (1945) * ''The Flowing Summer'', (1947) * ''The Mulgrave Road'', (1951) * ''The Channel Shore'', (1954) * ''The Township of Time'', (1959) * ''News and the Southams'', (1968) * ''The essential Charles Bruce'', (2018) osthumous Source:

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1906 births 1971 deaths 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian short story writers Canadian male poets Canadian male novelists Canadian male short story writers Canadian newspaper journalists Canadian male journalists Writers from Nova Scotia Canadian war correspondents People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia {{Canada-poet-stub