Franklin D. McDowell
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Franklin Davey McDowell was a Canadian
writer, whose novel The Champlain Road won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction
in 1939.
Beginning his career in 1909 as a journalist with the Toronto World, the Toronto Mail and Empire and the Winnipeg Free Press
, McDowell also published a number of short stories. He subsequently worked for Canadian National Railways from 1923 to 1953.
Canada
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writer, whose novel The Champlain Road won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction
Governor General's Award for English language fiction
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for English language fiction.-1930s:*1936: Bertram Brooker, Think of the Earth*1937: Laura Salverson, The Dark Weaver*1938: Gwethalyn Graham, Swiss Sonata...
in 1939.
Beginning his career in 1909 as a journalist with the Toronto World, the Toronto Mail and Empire and the Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1872, as the Manitoba Free Press, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada. It is the newspaper with the largest readership in the province....
, McDowell also published a number of short stories. He subsequently worked for Canadian National Railways from 1923 to 1953.