Anna Porter
Anna Porter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anna Maria Szigethy Budapest,Hungary |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
| Occupation(s) | Publisher, writer |
| Spouse | Julian Porter |
Anna Maria Porter[1]OCOOntis a Canadianpublisherand novelist.
Life and career
[edit]Born Anna Szigethy inBudapest,Hungary, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1956. She received a bachelor's degree andMaster of Artsdegree from theUniversity of Canterbury.She started atMcClelland & Stewartin 1969 and became president and publisher of Seal Books. In 1979, she foundedKey Porter Books[2]and in 1986 she purchased a majority stake inDoubleday Canada.[citation needed]
In 2004, she was appointed to the Board of Governors ofYork University.
In 1991, she was made an Officer of theOrder of Canadafor being "instrumental in bringing Canadian titles to the attention of the international market place".[3]In 2003, she was awarded theOrder of Ontario.She has been awarded honorary degrees fromRyerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University),St. Mary's University,and theLaw Society of Upper Canada.
In 2004, Porter sold her interest inKey Porter Booksto focus on writing. She has published three mystery novels and three books on Middle European history. Her most recent book isThe Ghosts of Europe,published in September, 2010.[4]
She is married to the lawyerJulian Porter.[citation needed]
Selected works
[edit]- Farewell to the 70's: a Canadian salute to a confusing decade(1979)
- Hidden Agenda(1985)
- Mortal Sins(1987)
- The Bookfair Murders(1997)
- The Storyteller: memory, secrets, magic and lies(2000)
- Kasztner's Train: the true story of an unknown hero of the Holocaust(2007)
- The Ghosts of Europe: journeys through central Europe's troubled past and uncertain future(2010)
- Buying a Better World: George Soros and billionaire philanthropy(2015,Dundurn Press)
- The Appraisal(2017)
- In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time(2018)
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2010:Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing,winner,The Ghosts of Europe
- 2008:Charles Taylor Literary Prize for Non-Fiction,short-list,Kasztner's Train
- 2007:Nereus Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize,winner,Kasztner's Train
References
[edit]- "Women in the Canadian book trade".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-02-27.RetrievedMarch 3,2006.
- "York University profile".RetrievedMarch 3,2006.
- "Women's Post Profile".RetrievedOctober 19,2007.[dead link]
- ^"Anna Porter".Retrieved16 December2015.
- ^CBC Arts (7 Jan 2011)."Key Porter Books ceases operations".CBC.
- ^Order of Canada citation
- ^MacSkimming, Roy. "Anna Porter's latest phase",Quill & Quire,76.8 (2010): 13.
External links
[edit]
- Anna Porter's official website
- Canadians of Hungarian ancestry
- Anna PorteratLibrary of Congress,with 10 library catalogue records
- "Anna Porter fonds - Search Research Collections".McMaster University Library.William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections.Retrieved7 July2019.
- 1940s births
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian book publishers (people)
- Canadian women novelists
- Hungarian emigrants to New Zealand
- Living people
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- New Zealand emigrants to Canada
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- University of Canterbury alumni
- Women book publishers (people)