Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1966) Winner
George Bain
ジョージ・ベイン
Jōji Bein
Aliases:
George Charles Stewart Bain
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-01-29 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada）
- Died
- 2006-05-14 （Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada） age 86
- Nationality
- カナダ
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Toronto, Ontario → Ottawa, Ontario → London, UK → Washington, D.C., USA → Halifax, Nova Scotia → Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Columnist, Foreign Correspondent, Journalism Director
- Active Years
- 1936-2006
- Affiliations
- Toronto Telegram, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Maclean's, University of King's College
- Influenced
- Doug Fisher
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Order of Canada | — | — | Governor General of Canada | オフィサー (OC) |
| 1966 | Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour | Nursery rhymes to be read aloud by young parents with old children | — | Stephen Leacock Associates | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Honorary Degree | — | 名誉博士 | Carleton University | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Honorary Degree | — | 名誉博士 | University of King's College | 受賞 |
Order of Canada
2000
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
オフィサー (OC)
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1966
Work:
Nursery rhymes to be read aloud by young parents with old children
Organization:
Stephen Leacock Associates
Result:
受賞
Honorary Degree
1983
Category:
名誉博士
Organization:
Carleton University
Result:
受賞
Honorary Degree
1986
Category:
名誉博士
Organization:
University of King's College
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Letters from Lilac
1978 Humour EssaysA collection of satirical letters ostensibly from Clem Watkins, Jr., of Lilac, Saskatchewan, offering comic relief on Canadian politics.
Political satireRural lifeHumour
Champagne is for Breakfast
1972 MemoirMemoir of the author's experiences, including time as a foreign correspondent.
JournalismPoliticsTravel
Gotcha!: How the media distort the news
1994 Media CriticismCritique of how Canadian media distort news.
MediaJournalistic ethicsSatire
Nursery rhymes to be read aloud by young parents with old children
1965 Humorous Nursery RhymesHumorous rhymes for parents reading to older children. Winner of 1966 Stephen Leacock Award.
FamilyHumourParenting
Bibliography
- I've been around and around and around and around
- Nursery rhymes to be read aloud by young parents with old children
- Canada's Parliament
- Champagne is for Breakfast
- Letters from Lilac
- Gotcha!: How the media distort the news
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Witty proseSatiricalConcise and sharp column style
- Recurring Motifs
- Canadian politicsMedia criticismRural perspective
Legacy
Contributed greatly to the development of journalism in Canada as the first national affairs correspondent at a Canadian newspaper, renowned for his witty columns.
Quotes
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The eventual final parting has been in the works for some time in circumstances of extraordinary unpleasantness ... and when I sat down this morning ... ready to add another to what must be more than 3,000 columns, on this page, I found myself asking, 'What in hell am I doing here?'
Source: Final column (The Globe and Mail) (1987) -
Also, they'll all be in the one hall. Silk Scarf says there have been anomalies and inequities between the services... it's going to work wonders for morale. Just like in Ottawa.
Source: Letters from Lilac (1966)
Trivia
- First journalist named a national affairs correspondent at any Canadian newspaper.
- Served as a bomber pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.