Musharraf Ali Farooqi was born on July 26, 1968. He is a writer, translator, and storyteller from Pakistan and Canada. In 2012, he was one of five writers chosen for Asia’s most important literary award.
Réjean Ducharme was born on August 12, 1941, and died on August 21, 2017. He was a Canadian writer, novelist, and playwright who lived in Montreal. He was known for keeping to himself and did not attend public events after his first successful book was published in 1966.
Dhaliwal was born in Vancouver and grew up in Surrey Central, British Columbia during the 1980s. At that time, Indo-Canadian families were spread out across different suburbs. During this period, minority communities faced discrimination and racism, which Dhaliwal experienced directly.
William Robertson Davies was born on August 28, 1913, and died on December 2, 1995. He was a Canadian writer, playwright, critic, journalist, and teacher. He was one of Canada’s most well-known and popular authors and a respected “man of letters,” a title he was happy to use for himself.
Edward Morley Callaghan was a Canadian writer and performer who lived from February 22, 1903, to August 25, 1990. He wrote novels, short stories, and plays, and also worked in television and radio.
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. He wrote 50 best-selling books, mostly about Canadian history, culture, and everyday life. He also wrote about religion, collections of writings, books for children, and history books for young people.
Irene Baird was born on April 4, 1901, in Carlisle, and she died on April 19, 1981, in Coquitlam. She was an English-Canadian novelist, journalist, and civil servant. She is most famous for her 1939 novel Waste Heritage, which describes worker conflicts.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has written 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 nonfiction books, nine short story collections, eight children’s books, two graphic novels, and many small press editions of poetry and fiction. Her most famous work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale.
René Philombé, a writing name used by Philippe Louis Ombedé, was born on November 13, 1930, in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon. He passed away on October 25, 2001. René Philombé was a Cameroonian writer, journalist, poet, novelist, and playwright who wrote mostly in French.
Ferdinand Léopold Oyono was born on September 14, 1929, and died on June 10, 2010. He was a diplomat, politician, and author from Cameroon. Oyono’s books are known for using humor and irony to show how people can be tricked.