Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize
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The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize is a Canadian
literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada
for the best work of biography, autobiography, or personal memoir.
Created in 1998, the award is named in honour of Nathan A. Taylor, one of the country's leading entertainment impresarios, and actor John Drainie
. Writer and actor Claire Drainie Taylor
, the award's benefactor, was married to Drainie from 1942 until his death in 1966, and was subsequently married to Taylor until his death in 2004.
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literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada
Writers' Trust of Canada
The Writers' Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, David Young and Margaret Laurence, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976...
for the best work of biography, autobiography, or personal memoir.
Created in 1998, the award is named in honour of Nathan A. Taylor, one of the country's leading entertainment impresarios, and actor John Drainie
John Drainie
John Robert Roy Drainie was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles....
. Writer and actor Claire Drainie Taylor
Claire Drainie Taylor
Claire Drainie Taylor was a Canadian actor and writer, who wrote and acted in radio dramas for CBC Radio from the 1930s through the 1960s....
, the award's benefactor, was married to Drainie from 1942 until his death in 1966, and was subsequently married to Taylor until his death in 2004.
Winners
- 1999 - François Ricard (author) and Patricia ClaxtonPatricia ClaxtonPatricia Claxton is an award-winning Canadian translator, primarily of Quebec literature.A native of Kingston, Ontario, Patricia Claxton spent most of her childhood in India. Upon returning to Canada, she has made Montreal, Quebec's largest city, and Canada's second-largest, her permanent residence...
(translator), Gabrielle Roy: A Life - 2000 - Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land: A Prairie Passage
- 2001 - Ken McGooganKen McGooganKen McGoogan is the Canadian author of eight books, including four biographies focusing on northern exploration and published internationally: Fatal Passage , Ancient Mariner , Lady Franklin's Revenge , and Race to the Polar Sea .Born in Montreal and raised in a francophone town, McGoogan has...
, Fatal Passage - 2002 - Warren CariouWarren CariouWarren Cariou is a writer and Associate Professor of English at the University of Manitoba.- Biography :Warren Cariou received a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA and PhD from the University of Toronto . In 1999 he published a book of short stories: The Exalted Company of Roadside...
, Lake of the Prairies: A Story of Belonging - 2003 - Geoffrey Stevens, The Player: The Life and Times of Dalton Camp
- 2004 - Peter C. NewmanPeter C. NewmanPeter Charles Newman, CC, CD is a Canadian journalist and writer.Born in Vienna, Austria, Newman emigrated from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. His father, Oscar, was a self-made wealthy factory owner. Newman was educated at Upper Canada College, where he was...
, Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power - 2005 - Nelofer PaziraNelofer PaziraNelofer Pazira is an award-winning Afghan-Canadian director, actress, journalist and author. She grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan, where she lived through ten years of Soviet occupation before escaping with her family to Pakistan...
, A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan