Item 0002 - Letter, Toronto, to Frank Flemington, Toronto.

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Letter, Toronto, to Frank Flemington, Toronto.

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  • 2 Dec. 1952 (Creation)
    Creator
    Garner, Hugh
  • 1952 (Receipt)
    Recipient
    Frank Flemington

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(1913-1979)

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Born in Yorkshire, England on February 22, 1913, Hugh Garner came to Canada in 1919. As a boy he attended various Toronto public schools and Danforth Technical Collegiate Institute. During the depression years he worked at a number of different jobs, and in 1937 went to Spain to fight as a machine-gunner with the International Brigade. He served in the Second World War with the R.C.A. and R.C.N. On July 5, 1941 he married Marie Alice Gallant. From 1949 to 1964 he worked as a freelance journalist and during that time he wrote hundreds of magazine articles, short stories and several books including Storm Below, 1949; Cabbagetown, 1950; Waste No Tears, 1950; Present Reckoning, 1951; The Yellow Sweater, 1952; The Silence on the Shore, 1962; Men and Women, 1966; The Sin Sniper, 1970; Death in Don Mills, 1975, The INtruders, 1976; Murder Has Your Number, 1978.

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Typed letter(s) signed by the author, agreeing to judge the 1953 Ryerson Fiction Awards.

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  • Folder: 2001, Box 21, File 3