Don Druick (born July 23, 1945) is a Canadian writer and composer.Clifford Ford
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'', June 20, 2007. He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the

Governor General's Award for English-language drama The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama was divided. Because the awar ...

, receiving nods at the

1991 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada."First novel earns top literary honor". ''Windsor Star'', December 4, 1991. The winners were selected by a panel ...

for ''Where Is Kabuki?'' and at the

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for ''Through the Eyes''.Vanessa Farquharson, "The 2005 G-G nominees: all killer, no Giller: Literary awards". ''

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'', October 18, 2005. A native of

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, Druick studied mathematics at

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and studied

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under Hervé Baillargeon, Jean C. Morin, Harriet Crossland-Edwards and Gail Grimstead. He has been a composer for film and theatre. ''Where Is Kabuki?'' was also a winner of the

Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award was a Canadian literary award given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having performances in the Toronto area. The prize had a monetary value of $25,000, and wa ...

in 1997.

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