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Lawrence Earl

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Aliases: Lawrence Earl Wiezel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1915-04-29 （Saint John, New Brunswick）
Died
2005-04-05 （Saint John, New Brunswick） age 89
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Saint John, New Brunswick (birth and raised) → Montreal → London (resided for 50 years) → Grand Bay–Westfield (summers)

Career

Occupations
photojournalist, author, writer, magazine editor
Active Years
1940-1990
Affiliations
Montreal Standard, National Geographic, Illustrated, John Bull

Awards

Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1953
Work: The Battle of Baltinglass
Organization: Canadian Authors Association
Result: 受賞
Honorary Doctorate
2001
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Yangtse Incident

1950 Non-fiction

Non-fiction account of the Yangtse Incident involving H.M.S. Amethyst.

warheroism
Adaptations
  • [Film] Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst / Michael Anderson (1957)

The Battle of Baltinglass

1952 Humour

Humorous novel that won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.

humoursatire

Crocodile Fever

1954 Adventure

Adventure novel.

adventure

The Frozen Jungle

1955 Non-fiction

She Loved a Wicked City

1962 Novel

Bibliography

  • Yangtse Incident (1950)
  • The Battle of Baltinglass (1952)
  • Crocodile Fever (1954)
  • The Frozen Jungle (1955)
  • She Loved a Wicked City (1962)
  • The Riddle of a Haunted River (1962)
  • Risk (1969)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorousadventurous
Recurring Motifs
waradventure

Legacy

Renowned Canadian photojournalist and author known for humour novels and non-fiction. Established a fund in memory of his wife.

Trivia

  • His wife Jane Armstrong was one of Canada's first female war correspondents.
  • His photo of Queen Juliana was used for a TIME magazine cover painting.
  • Created the Jane Armstrong Earl Fund after his wife's death.