| 词条 | Ben Antao |
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| name = Ben Antao | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|08|12}} | birth_place = Velim, Goa, India | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Journalist, teacher, writer and certified financial planner | language = | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education =
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| spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}Ben Antao is a writer who was born in Velim, Goa, India. He has worked as a journalist, teacher, writer and certified financial planner. He lives in Toronto, Canada.[3] Education and journalismHe graduated from the University of Bombay (M.A. in English) and worked as a reporter for The Navhind Times, Panjim, Goa (1963–64) and later joined The Indian Express (1965–66) in Bombay as a reporter. In 1966, he was awarded a journalism fellowship by the World Press Institute based at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, for a year of study and travel in the United States.[4] While in the US, he worked for ten weeks as a writer and editor for The Denver Post, CO. After immigrating to Canada in 1967, he worked for The Catholic Register weekly and The Globe and Mail, both of Toronto. TeachingIn 1976, he graduated from the University of Toronto (B.Ed) and switched to a teaching career. He retired from teaching English in high school in 1998. WritingIn 1990, he published Images of Goa, a memoir of his early life and experiences in his native land. In 2004, he published Goa, A Rediscovery, a travelogue of his visit to Goa. He has written five novels, over two dozen short stories, a play and a movie script based on his novel The Tailor's Daughter.[1] His other novels are Blood & Nemesis, Penance, Living on the Market[2], The Priest and His Karma, and Money and Politics.[3] His non-fiction includes two memoirs: Images of Goa (2011, 2ed)[4] and Images of the USA (2009), and two travelogues: Goa, A Rediscovery (2004)[5] and The Lands of Sicily (2008).[11][12][13] He is a past president of the Canadian Authors Association (Toronto branch).[11] References1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=lb9lAAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Ben+Antao%22&dq=inauthor:%22Ben+Antao%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ0vS6-sLfAhWLfX0KHY9PC3gQ6AEILjAB|title=The Tailor's Daughter: A Novel|last=Antao|first=Ben|date=2006|publisher=Goan Observer|isbn=9788189837020|language=en}} Retrieved 01 May 2014.[6][7][8][9][10]2. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Jb9lAAAAMAAJ&q=ben+antao&dq=ben+antao&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiivO-8-cLfAhWKqI8KHVUuCJAQ6AEIKjAA|title=Penance: A Novel|last=Antao|first=Ben|date=2006|publisher=Goan Observer|isbn=9788189837020|language=en}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hztnPgAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Ben+Antao%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ0vS6-sLfAhWLfX0KHY9PC3gQ6AEINzAD|title=The Priest and His Karma|last=Antao|first=Ben|date=2009|publisher=PublishAmerica|year=|isbn=9781607498094|location=|pages=|language=en}} 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SxYkmAEACAAJ&dq=ben+antao&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiivO-8-cLfAhWKqI8KHVUuCJAQ6AEIMjAC|title=Images of Goa: A Memoir|last=Antao|first=Ben|date=2011|publisher=CinnamonTeal Pub.|isbn=9789380151953|language=en}} 5. ^{{Cite book|url=http://library.unigoa.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=88493&query_desc=au:Antao,%20%20Ben|title=Goa a rediscovery|last=Antao|first=Ben|date=2004|publisher=Goan Observer Pvt. Ltd|location=Goa}} 6. ^1 2 "Ontario Writers' Conference bio" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002654/http://www.thewritersconference.com/2011-bios/Ben-Antao.html |date=May 2, 2014 }} Retrieved 01 May 2014. 7. ^1 "Stellar Literary Festival talent" Retrieved 01 May 2014. 8. ^1 "Writers and Editors Network bio" Retrieved 01 May 2014. 9. ^1 "WPI fellowships 1967" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000041/http://www.worldpressinstitute.org/1967class |date=2014-05-02 }} Retrieved 01 May 2014. 10. ^1 "Global Asian Times interview" Retrieved 28 October 2015. }}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Antao, Ben}} 22 : Canadian male novelists|Canadian male short story writers|Canadian memoirists|Canadian people of Goan descent|Writers from Toronto|Indian emigrants to Canada|Living people|20th-century Canadian novelists|21st-century Canadian novelists|20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights|21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights|Canadian male dramatists and playwrights|20th-century Canadian short story writers|21st-century Canadian short story writers|1935 births|20th-century Indian novelists|Indian male novelists|Novelists from Goa|People from North Goa district|20th-century Canadian male writers|21st-century Canadian male writers|Canadian male non-fiction writers |
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