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Jeann Beattie

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Jeann Beattie (May 21, 1922 – September 17, 2005) was a Canadian novelist and journalist.[1] She was most noted for her 1950 novel Blaze of Noon, which won that year's Ryerson Fiction Award.[2][3]

Biography

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Originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, Beattie began her career working as a clerical staffer for the St. Catharines Standard in 1940, before leaving in 1944 to study journalism at Columbia University.[1] She was a writer for various Canadian newspapers and magazines, including Maclean's, and a television producer for CBC Television.[1] She was particularly known for her advocacy journalism for fairer treatment of young people in the juvenile detention system, reflected in her 1971 non-fiction book And the Tiger Leaps.[4]

In addition to Blaze of Noon, she published the novel Behold the Hour in 1959.[5] That novel was a roman à clef set within the CBC.[5]

Following her retirement from journalism, Beattie returned to St. Catharines, where she conducted writing workshops for the St. Catharines Library.[1] She died on September 17, 2005, at age 83 from surgery complications.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "LIVES LIVED: Jeann Beattie". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2006.
  2. ^ The Canadian Author and Bookman, Volume 26, Issue 2. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Wins Fiction Award". Ottawa Journal. May 27, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2014 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Wide open eyes in fetching do-goodery". The Globe and Mail, February 6, 1971.
  5. ^ a b "Agencies Treated Kindly in CBC-Television Novel". Toronto Star, June 20, 1959.