Marq de Villiers, CM is a South African-Canadian writer and journalist. He now chiefly writes non-fiction books on scientific topics. In the past he also worked as a magazine editor and foreign correspondent.[1]
Biography
editMarq de Villiers was born in 1940 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. In 1989 he became the first recipient of the prestigious Alan Paton Award for White Tribe Dreaming.[2] He and his wife, the writer Sheila Hirtle, live in Middle LaHave, Nova Scotia.[3] They often collaborate on books.
Marq de Villiers was editor of Toronto Life magazine from 1981 to 1992 and subsequently publisher.
In 2010, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[3] In 2011 his book, Our Way Out was published, dealing with the problems surrounding climate change, and possible solutions.
Bibliography
edit| Book | Award |
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| Marq de Villiers (1989). White Tribe Dreaming: Apartheid's bitter roots: notes of an eighth-generation Afrikaner. Penguin. pp. 420. ISBN 0-67081-794-5. OCLC 16754886. | Alan Paton Award |
| Marq de Villiers (1993). The Heartbreak Grape: A Search for the Perfect Pinot Noir. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06258-523-1. OCLC 28376089. | |
| Marq de Villiers (1991). Down the Volga in a Time of Troubles: A Journey Through Post-Perestroika Russia. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-67084-353-9. OCLC 26264690. | |
| Garth Drabinsky (1992). Closer to the Sun (An Autobiography). with Marq de Villiers. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 512. ISBN 0-77105650-8. OCLC 31781016. | |
| Marq de Villiers; Sheila Hirtle (1996). Blood Traitors: A True Saga of the American Revolution. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00255424-0. OCLC 35939333. | |
| Marq de Villiers; Sheila Hirtle (1997). Into Africa: A Journey Through the Ancient Empires. Key Porter. ISBN 1-55013-884-7. OCLC 37369547. | |
| Marq de Villiers (1999). Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-77102641-2. OCLC 43365804., revised 2003 | Governor General's Award (1999) |
| Marq de Villiers (2001). America's Outdoors: Eastern Canada. National Geographic Society. ISBN 0-79227753-8. OCLC 46975165. | |
| Marq de Villiers; Sheila Hirtle (2003). Sahara: The Life of the Great Desert. McClelland & Stewart, and Walker and Co. ISBN 0-7710-2639-0. | |
| Marq de Villiers; Sheila Hirtle (2004). A Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins and Curious History of Sable Island. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-2642-0. | Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-fiction |
| Marq de Villiers (2006). Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-2644-7. OCLC 62535616. | |
| Marq de Villiers (2007). Witch in the Wind: The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose. Thomas Allen and Co. ISBN 978-0-88762-224-3. OCLC 76870763. | Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-fiction, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction |
| Marq de Villiers (2007). Timbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-2646-1. OCLC 84989578. | |
Marq de Villiers (2008). Dangerous World. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-67006568-4. OCLC 185022675.
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| Marq de Villiers (2011). Our Way Out: First Principles for a Post-Apocalyptic World. McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-2648-5. OCLC 565924393. | |
| Back to the Well: Rethinking the future of water
Goose Lane Editions ISBN 978-1773100463 |
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| Hell and Damnation: A sinner’s guide to eternal torment
March 2019 University of Regina Press ISBN 978-0889775848 |
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| The Longbow, the schooner, and the violin: Wood and human achievement
Sutherland House Books ISBN 978-1989555590 |
References
edit- ^ "Marq de Villiers". Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.
- ^ Allan, Jani. Afrikaner pride and passion mix with fun and laughter Sunday Times (South Africa). 9 July 1989
- ^ a b "Order of Canada citation". 11 June 2018.