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Biography |
"Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Burton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest editor on any Canadian daily. He moved to Toronto in 1947, and at the age of 31 was named managing editor of Maclean's. In 1957 he became a key member of the CBC's public affairs flagship program, Close-Up, and a permanent panelist on Front Page Challenge. He joined The Toronto Star as associate editor and columnist in 1958, leaving in 1962 to commence The Pierre Berton Show, which ran until 1973. Since then he has appeared as host and writer on My Country, The Great Debate, Heritage Theatre, and The Secret of My Success. He has received numerous honourary degrees and served as the Chancellor of Yukon College" (qtd. from "Pierre Berton." http://www.writersunion.ca/b/berton.htm).
Biomedical Science Ambassador's Award, 1997
Order of Canada, Companion Award, 1986
Canadian Booksellers Award, 1982
Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for non-fiction, 1981
Nellie Award, best public affairs broadcaster in radio, 1978
Governor General's Award for: The Last Spike, 1972; Klondike, 1958; The Mysterious North, 1956
Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, 1959 |
