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Marq de Villiers
South African-Canadian writer and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Marq 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.
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