Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1997) Winner
Ernest Hillen
アーネスト・ヒレン
Ānesuto Hiren
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1934 （Netherlands）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English, Dutch
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Netherlands → Indonesia (West Java) → Canada → Toronto
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1950-2017
- Affiliations
- Saturday Night
- Nominations
- Trillium Book Awards 1994 (The Way of a Boy, shortlisted)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Viacom Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction | Small Mercies | Nonfiction | Writers' Trust of Canada | won |
Viacom Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
1997
Work:
Small Mercies
Category:
Nonfiction
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Way of a Boy
1993 memoirMemoir detailing his childhood experiences in Japanese internment camps in Indonesia during World War II.
warinternment campsfamilymother
Translations
- Kodansha edition (1995)
Small Mercies
1997 memoirSequel memoir about his boyhood after the war.
post-waradaptationfamily
A Weekend Memoir
2008 memoirMemoir about his experiences travelling across Canada as a journalist.
traveljournalism
A Memoir in Pieces
2017 memoirMemoir with profiles of prominent Canadians from the 1960s-1980s, travels, and childhood stories.
cultural figurestravelIndonesia
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- personal journalismconcise prosememoir style
- Recurring Motifs
- mother's influencewar traumaimmigrant experience
Legacy
Canadian writer and journalist best known for memoirs of his childhood in Japanese internment camps in Indonesia during WWII. Winner of nonfiction prizes.