Paul Hiebert (writer)
Paul Gerhardt Hiebert (17 July 1892 – 6 September 1987) was a Canadian writer and humorist best known for his book Sarah Binks (1947), which was awarded the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1948. A sequel, Willows Revisited was published in 1967.
Biography
[edit]Hiebert was born July 17, 1892, in Pilot Mound, Manitoba, and grew up in Altona, Manitoba, after moving there with his family at age seven.[1] He was educated at the University of Manitoba, the University of Toronto, and McGill University. In 1942 Hiebert accepted a position as a professor of chemistry at the University of Manitoba, which he held until retiring in 1953.[2] At the time of his retirement he indicated that he planned to move to Carman, Manitoba, and write "important books."[3] He died in Carman in 1987.
Bibliography
[edit]- Sarah Binks (1947)
- Tower in Siloam (1966)
- Willows Revisited (1967)
- Doubting Castle: A Spiritual Autobiography (1976)
- For the Birds (1980)
- Not as the Scribes (1984)
References
[edit]- ^ Magdalene Redekop (2020). Making Believe: Questions About Mennonites and Art. University of Manitoba Press.
- ^ "Dr. Paul G. Hiebert". University of Manitoba Libraries. Archives & Special Collections. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "West Poet-Humorist Quits Teaching Post". Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Microfilm). Canadian Press. p. 13.
External links
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- 1892 births
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- Canadian male novelists
- Mennonite writers
- Mennonite humorists
- People from Pilot Mound, Manitoba
- Writers from Manitoba
- University of Toronto alumni
- Stephen Leacock Award winners
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- McGill University alumni
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian Mennonites
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