G. Herbert Sallans

George Herbert Sallans (April 20, 1895 - November 18, 1960)[1] was a Canadian writer and journalist, whose novel Little Man won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction and the Ryerson Fiction Award in 1942.[1]

Born and raised in Dufferin County, Ontario, he worked as a journalist for newspapers in Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Vancouver, and as a Canadian correspondent for British United Press before publishing Little Man.

References

  1. 1 2 William H. New, The Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.


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