| 词条 | Lawrence Earl |
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| name = Lawrence Earl | birth_name = Lawrence Earl Wiezel | image = | birth_date = April 29, 1915 | birth_place = Saint John, New Brunswick | death_date = April 5, 2005 | occupation = photojournalist, author, writer, magazine editor | period = 1940-1990 | nationality = Canadian | notableworks = Yangtse Incident, The Battle of Baltinglass, "Crocodile Fever", "She Loved a Wicked City" | spouse = Jane Armstrong | website = }}Lawrence Earl Wiezel (April 29, 1915 – April 5, 2005), changed his name legally to Lawrence Earl in the 1940s. He was a Canadian photojournalist and author of several books.[1] He is best known for Yangtse Incident, which was adapted into the 1957 film The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst, and The Battle of Baltinglass, which won the 1953 Stephen Leacock Medal.[2] Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick,[1] Earl worked as a journalist for the Montreal Standard, including a stint as a war correspondent and photojournalist in Europe during World War II.[1] While working for the Standard, he met and married Jane Armstrong, who was herself one of Canada's first female war correspondents.[1] In 1948, he published a photo essay, "Mending Dikes in the Netherlands", in National Geographic,[1] and his photo of Queen Juliana was the model for a painting used on the cover of TIME.[1] He wrote many articles for the British magazine Illustrated;[1] and was a writer and editor for "John Bull". He and Jane resided in London, England for 50 years, often returned to Grand Bay–Westfield near Saint John in the summers.[1] While living in London, Earl published both novels and non-fiction books, including Yangtse Incident (1950), The Battle of Baltinglass (1952), Crocodile Fever (1954), The Frozen Jungle (1955), She Loved a Wicked City (1962), The Riddle of a Haunted River (1962) and Risk (1969). Following his wife Jane's death, Earl created the Jane Armstrong Earl Fund through the Greater Saint John Community Foundation.[1] He received an honorary doctorate from the University of New Brunswick in 2001.[1] He died on April 5, 2005 in Saint John.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lawrence Earl. New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, 2008. {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Earl, Lawrence}}2. ^"Governor General's Awards Announced for Two Authors". Ottawa Journal, May 23, 1953. 14 : 1909 births|2005 deaths|Canadian male novelists|20th-century Canadian novelists|People from Saint John, New Brunswick|Writers from New Brunswick|Stephen Leacock Award winners|Canadian war correspondents|Canadian photojournalists|Canadian non-fiction writers|Jewish Canadian writers|Canadian expatriate writers|20th-century Canadian male writers|Canadian male non-fiction writers |
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