J. F. C. Wright
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Born in Wiltshire, England in 1904 to Canadian parents who were travelling there,[2] he was raised in Minnedosa, Manitoba.[2] He held a variety of jobs before joining the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix as a journalist,[2] remaining there for seven years.[2] At the time of his Governor General's Award win, he was working in Ottawa, Ontario as a fireman,[2] but later took a scriptwriting job with the National Film Board.[3] He married Diana Kingsmill in 1944 while living in Ottawa,[3] and the couple later moved back to Saskatoon.[3]
Active in the Saskatchewan chapter of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, the Wrights became co-editors of Union Farmer, the newspaper of the Saskatchewan Farmers' Union, in 1950.[4]
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.[3]
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Biography - Wright, James Frederick Church". Saskatoon Public Library Local History Collections.
- ↑ Diana Kingsmill Wright (1908-1982). Saskatchewan's Environmental Champions.
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