Writers from Winnipeg

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

Canadian-American sociologist (1922–1982)

Canadian-born American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent

Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)

French Canadian fiction writer

American/Canadian author

Canadian-American philosopher

Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic (1912-1995)

Canadian filmmaker (born 1956)

Canadian musician

Canadian radio and television show host (1921-2017)

Canadian curler

Canadian musician

Canadian chess grandmaster, chess arbiter, writer, lawyer, politician (1925–2000)

Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite community

American writer (1881-1929)

Canadian writer (1945-2020)

Canadian singer

Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician (1941-2005)

Canadian historian (1929-2004)

Canadian-born writer and illustrator

Canadian writer

Canadian politician

Ukrainian Canadian linguist and lexicographer

Canadian musician

1st Leader of the Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Canadian writer

Canadian pastor & novelist (1860-1937)

Canadian journalist and magazine editor (born 1968)

Canadian poet (1909–1996)

Canadian mathematician, chess master, chess writer, chess official (1925-2012)

Canadian writer (1929-2013)

actor, screenwriter, television producer, television and film director (1921-1991)

Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musicians Neil Young and Astrid Young (1918-2005)

Canadian actor

Canadian naturalist, author, artist and filmmaker (1929–1988)

Canadian writer (1914–1998)

Canadian writer

Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter and editor (b. 1939)

Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer and activist

Canadian writer

Canadian singer and guitarist

Canadian-American writer and nutritionist

author

writer (1889-1970)

Canadian film director and writer

Canadian musician (1946–1997)

Red River Métis (Michif) writer

Oji-Cree Canadian writer

Canadian film and television director

Norwegian-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1900-1963)

American journalist

Canadian musician

film director

Canadian diplomat

Canadian writer (1952-2016)

Canadian banker and writer (1908–1996)

Canadian writer

Canadian journalist and feminist (1884-1961)