AKA Ernest Redmond Buckler

Born: 19-Jul-1908
Birthplace: Dalhousie West, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 4-Mar-1984
Location of death: Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, All Saints Anglican Cemetery, Dalhousie West, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: The Mountain and the Valley

Father: Appleton Buckler (d. 1932)
Mother: Mary

    University: BA Mathematics and Philosophy, Dalhousie University (1929)
    University: MA Philosophy, University of Toronto (1930)

    Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Actuarial (1930-36)
    Canadian Centennial Medal 1967
    Order of Canada 1974
    Leacock Award for Humour 1978 for Whirligig

Author of books:
The Mountain and the Valley (1952, novel)
The Cruelest Month (1963, novel)
Ox Bells & Fireflies: A Memoir (1968, memoir)
Nova Scotia: Window on the Sea (1973, "fictional memoir")
The Rebellion of Young David and Other Stories (1975, short stories)
Whirligig (1977, anthology)

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