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'''Robert Lorin Calder''' {{post-nominals|SOM}}, a Canadian writer and professor, won the [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction]] in 1989 for his ''Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham'', a biography based on extensive archival work and interviews with surviving associates of [[W. Somerset Maugham|Maugham]], in particular [[Alan Searle]]. Unlike [[Ted Morgan (writer)|Ted Morgan]], who had obtained permission from Maugham's executors to publish from Maugham's letters in his biography (1980), Calder was refused permission to do so by the [[Royal Literary Fund]] and had to rely on paraphrase in referencing Maugham's unpublished correspondence.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Calder |first1=Robert |date=2005 |title=Meyers, Jeffrey. Somerset Maugham: a life |jstor=29533708 |journal=Studies in the Novel |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=360–363}}</ref> |
'''Robert Lorin Calder''' {{post-nominals|SOM}}, a Canadian writer and professor, won the [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction]] in 1989 for his ''Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham'', a biography based on extensive archival work and interviews with surviving associates of [[W. Somerset Maugham|Maugham]], in particular [[Alan Searle]]. Unlike [[Ted Morgan (writer)|Ted Morgan]], who had obtained permission from Maugham's executors to publish from Maugham's letters in his biography (1980), Calder was refused permission to do so by the [[Royal Literary Fund]] and had to rely on paraphrase in referencing Maugham's unpublished correspondence.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Calder |first1=Robert |date=2005 |title=Meyers, Jeffrey. Somerset Maugham: a life |jstor=29533708 |journal=Studies in the Novel |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=360–363}}</ref> |
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Born in [[Moose Jaw]], [[Saskatchewan]] and growing up in [[Saskatoon]], Calder studied at the [[University of Saskatchewan]] and the [[University of Leeds]] where he earned a PhD in Literature.<ref>Iain Stewart. (1978) "Robert Lorin Calder" ''Encyclopedia of |
Born in [[Moose Jaw]], [[Saskatchewan]] on April 3, 1941,<ref>[https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calder_robert_l_1941-.jsp Calder, Robert L.(1941-), ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref> and growing up in [[Saskatoon]], Calder studied at the [[University of Saskatchewan]] and the [[University of Leeds]] where he earned a PhD in Literature.<ref>Iain Stewart. (1978) "Robert Lorin Calder" ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'' [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calder_robert_l_1941-.html]</ref> |
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In addition to winning the Governor General's Award, Calder also won a Saskatchewan Book Award for ''Beware the British Serpent: The Role of British Propaganda in the United States, 1939–1945 (2004)''.<ref>Iain Stewart. (1978) "Robert Lorin Calder" ''Encyclopedia of |
In addition to winning the Governor General's Award, Calder also won a Saskatchewan Book Award for ''Beware the British Serpent: The Role of British Propaganda in the United States, 1939–1945 (2004)''.<ref>Iain Stewart. (1978) "Robert Lorin Calder" ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'' [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calder_robert_l_1941-.html]</ref> |
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==Works== |
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*''The Dogs'' (1976) |
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⚫ | *''Saskatchewan Roughriders, Rider Pride: The Story of Canada’s Best-Loved Football Team'' (1984) |
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*''A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War'', (2004) |
*''A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War'', (2004) |
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*''Beware the British Serpent: The Role of British Propagana in the United States, 1939–1945'' (2004) |
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⚫ | *''A Hero For the Americas: The Legend of Gonzalo Guerrero''” (2017) |
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Robert Lorin Calder SOM, a Canadian writer and professor, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1989 for his Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham, a biography based on extensive archival work and interviews with surviving associates of Maugham, in particular Alan Searle. Unlike Ted Morgan, who had obtained permission from Maugham's executors to publish from Maugham's letters in his biography (1980), Calder was refused permission to do so by the Royal Literary Fund and had to rely on paraphrase in referencing Maugham's unpublished correspondence.[1]
Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on April 3, 1941,[2] and growing up in Saskatoon, Calder studied at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Leeds where he earned a PhD in Literature.[3]
In addition to winning the Governor General's Award, Calder also won a Saskatchewan Book Award for Beware the British Serpent: The Role of British Propaganda in the United States, 1939–1945 (2004).[4]
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