Engel, Howard, 1931-2019
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Name (Latin)
Engel, Howard, 1931-2019
Other forms of name
Engel, Howard, 1931-
Date of birth
1931-04-02
Date of death
2019-07-16
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Cooperman, Benny (Fictitious character)--Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Occupation
Novelists
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, viewed 26 March 2020:Howard Engel (Canadian mystery author; born April 2, 1931, St. Catharines, Ontario; known for his Benny Cooperman detective series; founding member of Crime Writers of Canada in 1982; suffered a stroke that left him with a condition that prevented him from understanding written words while not affecting his ability to write in 2001; made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2007; resided in Toronto; died July 16, 2019, Toronto, Ontario)
- Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 26 March 2020(Howard Engel; Toronto, Ontario; Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on October 5, 2006, invested on October 26, 2007; Howard Engel has played an instrumental role in the revival of the crime fiction genre in Canadian literature. He broke new ground as the author of the Benny Cooperman mystery series featuring heroes, villains and locations that are unequivocally Canadian. With his tales of a private investigator based in small-town Ontario, he has given readers across the nation and around the world a sense of our stories, our values and our various regional characteristics. As a distinguished visitor at the University of Toronto and a founding member of the Crime Writers of Canada, he has also fostered the development of students and fellow authors. )
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Wikipedia description:
Howard Engel CM (April 2, 1931 – July 16, 2019) was a Canadian mystery author and CBC producer who resided in Toronto, Ontario. He was famous for his Benny Cooperman detective series, set in the Niagara Region in and around the city of Grantham, Ontario, mirroring St. Catharines, Ontario, where he was born. He was one of the founding authors of Crime Writers of Canada in 1982.
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