H Gordon Green

Gordon Green grew up on a small farm in south-western Ontario. He graduated from Arthur public and high schools and, after a year at teacher's college, taught in a one-room country school. In 1936, he enrolled in the University of Michigan. Six years later he graduated with a degree in science. It was at the university where his talent for colorful writing first came to light, and here he was not only a repeated winner of scholastic literary awards, but he began publishing short stories in...See more

Gordon Green grew up on a small farm in south-western Ontario. He graduated from Arthur public and high schools and, after a year at teacher's college, taught in a one-room country school. In 1936, he enrolled in the University of Michigan. Six years later he graduated with a degree in science. It was at the university where his talent for colorful writing first came to light, and here he was not only a repeated winner of scholastic literary awards, but he began publishing short stories in magazines all over America. In '42 he joined the army, and after the war he returned to his alma mater, where he became a teaching fellow while earning his Master's in Creative Writing. In 1948 he was accorded a Major Hopwell Award in Fiction, the first Canadian to be honoured. Gordon was also known for his daily radio commentary, his Sunday morning CBC national broadcast for "Fresh Air," and as a Saturday columnist for the "Toronto Star" and other papers. See less