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Eric Patrick Nicol

エリック・パトリック・ニコル

Erikku Patorikku Nikoru

Pen Names: Jabez（Pseudonym used for humour columns in UBC student newspaper The Ubyssey）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1919-12-28 （Kingston, Ontario）
Died
2011-02-02 （Vancouver, British Columbia） age 91
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English, French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Kingston, Ontario (birth) → British Columbia (from 1921) → Paris, France (Sorbonne studies) → London, England (BBC comedy writing, few years) → Vancouver, British Columbia (1951-2011)

Career

Occupations
writer, humour columnist, playwright, radio comedy writer
Active Years
1941-2011
Affiliations
The Province newspaper, CBC Radio
Influenced By
Pierre Berton
Nominations
1999 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize finalist (Anything for a Laugh: Memoirs)

Education

Lord Byng Secondary School
n/a
Period: 高校時代
Country: Canada
Vancouver high school
University of British Columbia
French
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: ~1941
Year of Graduation: 1941
Country: Canada
Studied French. Began writing humour columns for student paper
University of British Columbia
n/a
Degree: Master of Arts
Period: 第二次世界大戦後
Country: Canada
Completed after WWII
Sorbonne (University of Paris)
n/a
Period: 戦後
Country: France
Studied abroad

Awards

Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1951
Work: The Roving I
Organization: Stephen Leacock Associates
Result: winner
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1956
Work: Shall We Join the Ladies?
Organization: Stephen Leacock Associates
Result: winner
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1958
Work: Girdle Me a Globe
Organization: Stephen Leacock Associates
Result: winner
Order of Canada
2000
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: Member

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Roving I

1950 Humour

Humorous essays collection

everyday observationshumour

Shall We Join the Ladies?

1955 Humour

Satirical humour work

social satiregender relations

Girdle Me a Globe

1957 Humour

Humorous travelogue-style

travelsatire

Bibliography

  • Sense and Nonsense
  • The Roving I
  • Twice Over Lightly
  • Shall We Join the Ladies?
  • Girdle Me a Globe
  • In Darkest Domestica
  • Say, Uncle: A Completely Uncalled-for History of the U.S.
  • A Herd of Yaks: The Best of Eric Nicol
  • Russia, Anyone?: A Completely Uncalled-for History of the USSR
  • Twice Over Lightly (reissue)
  • Space Age Go Home!
  • (An Uninhibited) History of Canada
  • 100 Years of What?
  • A Scar is Born
  • Vancouver
  • Don't Move: Renovate Your House and Make Social Contacts
  • The Clam Made a Face
  • Still a Nicol: the Best of Eric Nicol
  • Beware the Quickly Who
  • One Man's Media and How to Write for Them
  • Letters to my Son
  • There's a Lot of it Going Around
  • Three Plays: Like Father Like Fun, Pillar of Sand, The Fourth Monkey
  • Canada, Cancelled Because of Lack of Interest
  • The Joy of Hockey
  • The Joy of Football
  • Golf, the Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Canadide: A Patriotic Satire
  • Tennis It Serves You Right
  • How to-- !
  • The U.S. or Us: What's the Difference, eh?
  • Dickens of the Mounted
  • Back Talk: A Book for Bad Back Sufferers
  • Skiing is Believing
  • Anything for a Laugh: Memoirs
  • When Nature Calls: Life at a Gulf Island Cottage
  • The Casanova Sexicon: A Manual for Liberated Men
  • Canadian Politics Unplugged
  • Old Is In: A Guide for Aging Boomers
  • Script Tease - A Wordsmith's Waxings on Life and Writing

Style & Themes

Literary Style
satirical humourwitty proseconversational tone
Recurring Motifs
satire of Canadian societyabsurdity of everyday lifemedia and culture

Legacy

Prominent Canadian humourist and longtime columnist for The Province newspaper. Published over 40 books and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times. Appointed Member of the Order of Canada.

Archives

  • University of British Columbia Eric Nicol fonds