Franklin Davey McDowell (1888–1965)
William H. New
William Herbert New (born March 28, 1938) is a Canadians, Canadian poet and literary critic. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at John Oliver Secondary School, where he received one of the top matri ...
, ''The Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada''. . was a Canadian writer, whose novel ''The Champlain Road'' won the
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 1939.
Beginning his career in 1909 as a journalist with ''
The Toronto World'', the ''
Toronto Mail and Empire'' and the ''
Winnipeg Free Press
The ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (or WFP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as ...
'', McDowell also published a number of short stories.
He subsequently worked for
Canadian National Railways
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...
from 1923 to 1953.
Bibliography
*''The Champlain Road'' (1939)
*''Forges of Freedom'' (1943)
References
External links
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1888 births
1965 deaths
Journalists from Ontario
Canadian male short story writers
Canadian male novelists
People from Clarington
Writers from Ontario
Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian short story writers
20th-century Canadian male writers
Canadian male non-fiction writers
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