Rick Salutin
| Rick Salutin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 30, 1942 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Critic |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Notable awards | Books in Canada First Novel Award, Chalmers Award, Chalmer Outstanding Play Award, W.H. Smith Books in Canada First Novel Award, Toronto Arts Award |
| Partner | Theresa Burke |
| Children | 1 |
Rick Salutin (born 30 August 1942 in Toronto) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and critic and has been writing for more than forty years. Until October 1, 2010, he wrote a regular column in the Globe and Mail; on February 11, 2011, he began a weekly column in the Toronto Star. He currently teaches a half course on Canadian media and culture in University College (CDN221) at the University of Toronto. He is a contributing editor of This Magazine. He got his Bachelor of Arts degree in Near Eastern and Jewish Studies at Brandeis University and got his Master of Arts degree in religion at Columbia University. He also studied philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He was once a trade union organizer in Toronto and participated in the Artistic Woodwork strike.
Rick Salutin is very interested in communication and praises Harold Innis, an economist who taught at the University of Toronto, and creator of the Staples Thesis, for his outlook in communications. Salutin has a child with The Fifth Estate journalist Theresa Burke, whom he has cited as the model for the characters Amy Bert and Antia in The Womanizer.
Rick Salutin has written in many magazines, including Harpers, Macleans, Canadian Business, Toronto Life, Weekend, Saturday Night, Quest, TV Times, Today, and This Magazine. He wrote "The Culture Vulture" column for many years in This Magazine and received National Newspaper awards for it. He won the National Newspaper Award for best columnist for a column he wrote in the Globe and Mail.
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