James Frederick Church Wright (1904–1970) was a

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journalist and historian, who won the

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at the

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for ''Slava Bohu'', a historical account of Canada's

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community. Born in

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in 1904 to Canadian parents who were travelling there, he was raised in Minnedosa,

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. He held a variety of jobs before joining the ''

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'' as a journalist, remaining there for seven years. At the time of his Governor General's Award win, he was working in

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as a fireman, but later took a scriptwriting job with the

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."Biography - Wright, James Frederick Church"
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Local History Collections. He married Diana Kingsmill in 1944 while living in Ottawa, and the couple later moved back to Saskatoon. Active in the Saskatchewan chapter of the

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, the Wrights became co-editors of ''Union Farmer'', the newspaper of the

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, in 1950.Diana Kingsmill Wright (1908-1982)
. Saskatchewan's Environmental Champions. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, J. F. C. 1904 births 1970 suicides 1970 deaths Canadian newspaper reporters and correspondents Canadian newspaper editors Canadian male journalists Canadian male non-fiction writers Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers Suicides in Saskatchewan Writers from Manitoba Writers from Saskatoon 20th-century Canadian historians 20th-century Canadian male writers