Ramon Muntaner (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈmom muntəˈne]) was born in 1265 and died in 1336. He was a Catalan soldier for hire and a writer who recorded his life in a book called the Crònica. This book describes his experiences as a leader in the Catalan Company.
Catharine Parr Traill (born Strickland; January 9, 1802 – August 29, 1899) was an English-Canadian writer and naturalist who wrote about life in Canada, especially in what is now Ontario (then called Upper Canada). In the 1830s, Canada covered a much smaller area than it does today. At that time, most of Upper Canada had not been explored by European settlers.
Carol Ann Shields (born as Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an author of books and short stories. She was born in the United States but lived in Canada. She is most famous for her book The Stone Diaries, which was published in 1993.
Arthur Hodgkin Scaife (c. 1855–1934) was an Australian-born English writer, editor, and insurance agent. He received his education in England and worked as an insurance agent in Constantinople for 18 years.
Margaret Marshall Saunders CBE was born on April 13, 1861, and died on February 15, 1947. She was a Canadian author who wrote many children’s stories and romance novels. She also gave lectures and worked to improve the treatment of animals.
Mordecai Richler CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer born in Montreal, Quebec. He is most famous for writing novels about Montreal’s Jewish community, such as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) and Barney’s Version (1997). His books St.
Michèle Plomer was born in 1965 in Montreal, Quebec. She is a Canadian writer and translator who has won the Prix Alfred Desrochers and the Prix France-Québec.
Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian poet, fiction writer, and essayist who was born in Ceylon. Ondaatje began his literary career by writing poetry. In 1967, he published The Dainty Monsters, and in 1970, he released The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, which was highly praised by critics.
Alice Ann Munro OOnt (born Laidlaw; July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024) was a Canadian writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her stories often move through time in a connected way, with groups of stories that are linked together. Munro’s stories are usually set in Huron County, a place in southwestern Ontario where she was born.
Farley McGill Mowat (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His books were translated into 52 languages, and he sold over 17 million books. He became famous for writing books about the Canadian north, like People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963).