Harry L. Symons | |
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Born | Harry Lutz Symons 1893 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 1962 |
Occupation | humorist, novelist, non-fiction writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1940s-1960s |
Notable works | Ojibway Melody |
Harry Lutz Symons (1893 - 1962) was a Canadian writer, who won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1947 for Ojibway Melody, [1] a volume of humorous essays about summer recreational life on Ontario's Georgian Bay. [2]
His other works included Friendship (1943), [3] Three Ships West (1949), [4] The Bored Meeting (1951) [5] and Orange Belt Special (1956), and the non-fiction works Fences (1958) and Playthings of Yesterday: Harry Symons introduces the Percy C. Band Collection (1963).
Symons, the son of architect William Limberry Symons, [6] was an ace fighter pilot in World War I [7] and later worked in insurance [8] and real estate. [6]
His son Thomas Symons, a noted academic, founding president of Trent University, and former chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, [9] credits the values expressed in Ojibway Melody with framing his career and contributing to Trent's decision to establish Canada's first university department in Indigenous Studies. [10] Another son, Scott Symons, was a writer whose 1967 novel Place d'Armes was the first gay-themed novel published in Canada. [6]
Harry L. Symons | |
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Born | Harry Lutz Symons 1893 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 1962 |
Occupation | humorist, novelist, non-fiction writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1940s-1960s |
Notable works | Ojibway Melody |
Harry Lutz Symons (1893 - 1962) was a Canadian writer, who won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1947 for Ojibway Melody, [1] a volume of humorous essays about summer recreational life on Ontario's Georgian Bay. [2]
His other works included Friendship (1943), [3] Three Ships West (1949), [4] The Bored Meeting (1951) [5] and Orange Belt Special (1956), and the non-fiction works Fences (1958) and Playthings of Yesterday: Harry Symons introduces the Percy C. Band Collection (1963).
Symons, the son of architect William Limberry Symons, [6] was an ace fighter pilot in World War I [7] and later worked in insurance [8] and real estate. [6]
His son Thomas Symons, a noted academic, founding president of Trent University, and former chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, [9] credits the values expressed in Ojibway Melody with framing his career and contributing to Trent's decision to establish Canada's first university department in Indigenous Studies. [10] Another son, Scott Symons, was a writer whose 1967 novel Place d'Armes was the first gay-themed novel published in Canada. [6]