Franklin D. McDowell

Writer, Author

1888 – 1965

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Who was Franklin D. McDowell?

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.

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Born
1888
Also known as
  • Franklin McDowell
  • Franklin Davey McDowell
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Died
1965

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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