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Edition 21 (2009) Winner
Peter C. Newman
ピーター・シー・ニューまん
Pītā Shī Nyūman
Aliases:
Petr Karel Neumann
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1929-05-10 （Vienna, Austria）
- Died
- 2023-09-07 （Belleville, Ontario, Canada） age 94
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Vienna, Austria → Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada → Toronto, Ontario, Canada → Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Editor, Author
- Active Years
- 1947-2023
- Affiliations
- Toronto Star, Maclean's, Financial Post
- Memberships
- Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada College | — | — | — | — | Canada |
| University of Toronto | — | — | BA | — | Canada |
Upper Canada College
Country:
Canada
University of Toronto
Degree:
BA
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Companion of the Order of Canada | — | — | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Officer of the Order of Canada | — | — | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| — | Canadian Forces' Decoration | — | — | Canadian Forces | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize | Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power | — | — | 受賞 |
Companion of the Order of Canada
1990
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Order of Canada
1978
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Canadian Forces' Decoration
Organization:
Canadian Forces
Result:
受賞
Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize
2004
Work:
Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Canadian Establishment
1975 Business-PoliticsAnalysis of Canadian business elite in three volumes.
Canadian power structureBusiness elite
History of the Hudson's Bay Company
1985 HistoryThree-volume history of Hudson's Bay Company.
Fur tradeEarly Canadian history
Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years
1963 Political BiographyStudy of John Diefenbaker's government.
Canadian politics
Bibliography
- Flame of Power: Intimate Profiles of Canada's Greatest Businessmen (1959)
- Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years (1963)
- The Distemper of Our Times: Canadian Politics in Transition (1968)
- A Nation Divided: Canada and the Coming of Pierre Trudeau (1969)
- The Canadian Establishment: Volume One: The Old Order (1975)
- Bronfman Dynasty: The Rothschilds of the New World (1978)
- The Canadian Establishment: Volume Two: The Acquisitors (1981)
- A History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Volume One: Company of Adventurers (1985)
- A History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Volume Two: Caesars of the Wilderness (1987)
- A History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Volume Three: Merchant Princes (1991)
- The Canadian Establishment: Volume Three: The Titans (1998)
- Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power (2004)
- The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister (2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Vivid political depictionNew standards in business reporting
- Recurring Motifs
- Canadian elitePower structures
Health
-
Parkinson's disease晩年Complications led to death
Legacy
Chronicler of Canadian politics and business history, renowned for analyzing the Canadian Establishment.
Archives
- McMaster University Peter C. Newman Archive
Trivia
- Immigrated to Canada as a Jewish refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
- Interviewed every Canadian Prime Minister from Louis St. Laurent to Paul Martin.