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A Short Biography of John Ralston Saul

Author Name:

John Ralston Saul

Born As:

John Ralston Saul

Other Names:

John Ralston Saul, CC

Born:

19 Jun 1947

Died:





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Essayist and novelist                          
Selected Works:

Fiction:

The Birds of Prey - 1977
Baraka - 1983
The Next Best Thing - 1986
The Paradise Eater - 1988
De si bons Américains - 1994

Non-fiction:

Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West - 1992
The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense - 1994
The Unconscious Civilization - 1995
Le Citoyen dans un cul-de-sac?: Anatomie d'une société en crise - 1996
Reflections of a Siamese Twin: Canada at the End of the Twentieth Century - 1997
On Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New Humanism - 2001
The John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture - 2004
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World - 2005
Joseph Howe and the Battle for Freedom of Speech - 2006
A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada - 2008.                          
Wife - Canadian Governor General Adrienne Clarkson CC CMM COM CD - 2005
                          
Honours:

Italy's Premio Letterario Internazionale, for The Paradise Eater - 1990
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres de France - 1996
Gordon Montador Award, for The Unconscious Civilization - 1996
Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction, for The Unconscious Civilization - 1996
Gordon Montador Award, for Reflections of a Siamese Twin - 1998
Companion of the Order of Canada - 1999
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal - 2002
Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honour - 2004.                          
John Ralston Saul was elected president of International PEN, only the second North American to hold the position since its creation in 1921, the other being Arthur Miller.

International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere.