Lorne Pierce Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1952) Winner
Hugh MacLennan
ヒュー・マクレナン
Hyū Makure nan
Aliases:
John Hugh MacLennan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-03-20 （Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada）
- Died
- 1990-11-09 （Montreal, Quebec, Canada） age 83
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English, German
- Religion
- Presbyterian
- Residence History
- Glace Bay, Nova Scotia → Halifax, Nova Scotia → Montreal, Quebec
Career
- Occupations
- writer, professor of English
- Active Years
- 1941-1980
- Affiliations
- McGill University, Lower Canada College
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Classical literature
- Influenced
- Marian Engel, Leonard Cohen
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie University | Classics | Classics | BA | 1920s | Canada |
| Oriel College, Oxford | Classics | Classics | BA | 1928-1932 | United Kingdom |
| Princeton University | — | Classics | PhD | 1932-1935 | United States |
Dalhousie University
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
BA
Period:
1920s
Year of Graduation:
1928
Country:
Canada
Studied classics
Oriel College, Oxford
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
BA
Period:
1928-1932
Year of Graduation:
1932
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholarship
Princeton University
Classics
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1932-1935
Year of Graduation:
1935
Country:
United States
Thesis: Oxyrhynchus: An Economic and Social Study
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Governor General's Literary Award | Two Solitudes | 小説部門 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1948 | Governor General's Literary Award | The Precipice | 小説部門 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1949 | Governor General's Literary Award | Cross Country | ノンフィクション部門 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1954 | Governor General's Literary Award | Thirty and Three | ノンフィクション部門 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Governor General's Literary Award | The Watch That Ends the Night | 小説部門 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Order of Canada | — | — | Government of Canada | コンパニオン |
| 1985 | National Order of Quebec | — | — | Government of Quebec | 騎士 |
Governor General's Literary Award
1945
Work:
Two Solitudes
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Literary Award
1948
Work:
The Precipice
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Literary Award
1949
Work:
Cross Country
Category:
ノンフィクション部門
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Literary Award
1954
Work:
Thirty and Three
Category:
ノンフィクション部門
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Literary Award
1959
Work:
The Watch That Ends the Night
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Order of Canada
1967
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
コンパニオン
National Order of Quebec
1985
Organization:
Government of Quebec
Result:
騎士
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Barometer Rising
1941 NovelDepicts Nova Scotia's social class structure amid the Halifax Explosion
Canadian identityHalifax Explosion
Two Solitudes
1945 NovelAllegory of tensions between English and French Canada
Canadian dualityNational unity
Adaptations
- [Film] Two Solitudes (1978)
The Watch That Ends the Night
1958 NovelExplores personal and social themes
LoveDeathCanadian society
Bibliography
- Man Should Rejoice
- Barometer Rising
- Two Solitudes
- The Precipice
- Each Man's Son
- The Watch That Ends the Night
- Return of the Sphinx
- Voices in Time
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Pioneer of modern Canadian novelSocial realism
- Recurring Motifs
- Canadian unityEnglish-French Canadian tensionsHistorical events
Legacy
Regarded as the father of Canadian literature, won five Governor General's Awards, defined Canadian national identity.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Canada
Archives
- Hugh MacLennan project at McGill University
In Popular Culture
- The Tragically Hip song 'Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)'
Trivia
- Witness to the Halifax Explosion
- Nova Scotia men's doubles tennis champion (1927)
- Advised by wife Dorothy Duncan to write about Canada