Thomas Beattie Roberton (1879 – 1936) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist."Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Beattie Roberton (1879-1936)"

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, 23 April 2008. A columnist and critic for 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 ...

'' from 1918 until his death in 1936, he won the inaugural

Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction The Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in English. Since 1987 it is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Litera ...

at the

1936 Governor General's Awards The 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit inaugurated Canada's annual program of Governor General's Awards, late in 1937 recognizing 1936 publications."Late T. B. Roberton Awarded Literary Achievement Prize; Tweedsmuir Raps 'Moderns'". ...

for his essay collection ''TBR: Newspaper Pieces''."Late T. B. Roberton Awarded Literary Achievement Prize; Tweedsmuir Raps 'Moderns'". ''

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'', 26 November 1937. He wrote on a variety of topics, most commonly literary and

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reviews but also sometimes expanding into political commentary.

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