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Paul Hiebert

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Aliases: Paul Gerhardt Hiebert

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-07-17 （Pilot Mound, Manitoba）
Died
1987-09-06 （Carman, Manitoba） age 95
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Religion
Mennonite
Residence History
Altona, Manitoba → Carman, Manitoba

Career

Occupations
writer, humorist, professor of chemistry
Active Years
1947-1987
Affiliations
University of Manitoba

Education

University of Manitoba
chemistry
Country: Canada
University of Toronto
Country: Canada
McGill University
Country: Canada

Awards

Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour
1948
Work: Sarah Binks
Organization: Leacock Associates
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sarah Binks

1947 humorous novel

A mock biography of the fictional prairie poet Sarah Binks, a classic of Canadian humour.

humourCanadian prairie lifesatire

Tower in Siloam

1966 novel

Willows Revisited

1967 novel

Sequel to Sarah Binks.

Doubting Castle: A Spiritual Autobiography

1976 autobiography

For the Birds

1980 essays

Not as the Scribes

1984

Bibliography

  • Sarah Binks
  • Tower in Siloam
  • Willows Revisited
  • Doubting Castle: A Spiritual Autobiography
  • For the Birds
  • Not as the Scribes

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorous mock-biographical stylesatirical narrative
Recurring Motifs
Canadian rural lifespiritual inquiry

Legacy

Renowned Canadian humorist, best known for Sarah Binks which won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Also a chemistry professor.

Archives

  • University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections