| 词条 | John Robert Colombo | ||||||||
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| name = John Robert Colombo | image =jrcolombo.jpg | imagesize = 220px | caption = Colombo in 2011 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|3|24}} | birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Canadian | period = 1957–present | occupation = Writer, folklorist, editor in chief, public speaker, radio and television personality | genre = Folklore, science fiction, poetry, humour, aphorisms, reference, quotations, translations, armorial bearing, Canadian native studies, almanac, maps | notableworks = Colombo's Canadian Quotations(Hurtig, 1974), Colombo's Canadian References (Oxford, 1976) | spouse = Ruth Colombo | children = Three adult children | awards = Harbourfront International Literary Award, Honorary doctorate in literature by York University, Member of the Order of Canada | website = {{URL|colombo.ca/}} }} John Robert Colombo, CM (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian author, editor, and poet. He has published over 200 titles, including major anthologies and reference works. Early lifeColombo was born in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1936.[1] He attended the University of Toronto, where he began to organize literary events in the late 1950s. He began writing and publishing poetry in the early 1960s; his first book of poetry Lines for the Last Days was illustrated by William Kurelek.[1] His imprint Hawkshead Press published Margaret Atwood's first collection of poetry in 1963.[2] He also facilitated the appearance of first books of fiction written by Hugh Hood and Alice Munro and the first mass-market publication of a science-fiction story by Robert J. Sawyer. He served as literary manager of the old Bohemian Embassy in Toronto and wrote poetry and also pioneered "found poetry" in the country. He then moved into editorial positions with some of Toronto's large publishing houses, including McClelland and Stewart and Hurtig. During that period, he edited George Grant's Lament for a Nation, and served as managing editor of the Tamarack Review, at the time the leading literary quarterly.[2] Writing careerIn the early 1970s, Colombo began working on the first of many anthologies, a collection of quotations from prominent Canadians titled Colombo's Canadian Quotations.[3] Following the success of the quotations collection, Colombo went on to publish dozens of collections, ranging from bibliographies of Canadian reference works to collections of folk tales, stories of the paranormal, and UFO sightings. As of 2014, Colombo has published over 200 titles, making him the second-most prolific author in Canadian literary history.[4] His anthology writing earned him the nickname "the Master Gatherer" amongst Canadian writers and literary critics.[4] He has also been dubbed "Canada's Mr. Mystery" for his compilations of the paranormal. In the 1990s, Colombo began publishing his writing through his own imprint, Colombo and Company.[2] Works
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References1. ^Morley, Patricia. Kurelek, A Biography, Macmillan of Canada, 1986, page 151. 2. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Fulford|first=Robert|title=A publishing giant – in his own mind, anyway|url=http://www.robertfulford.com/Colombo.html|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=April 17, 1999|authorlink = Robert Fulford (journalist)}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|last=Fetherling|first=Douglas|title=John Robert Colombo|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/john-robert-colombo|work=Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=Historica Canada|accessdate=October 21, 2013|authorlink = George Fetherling}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|last=MacSkimming|first=Roy|title=The perilous trade : book publishing in Canada, 1946–2006|year=2007|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|location=Toronto, Ontario|page=234|isbn=9780771054945|authorlink = Roy MacSkimming}} External links
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