Don Druick (born July 23, 1945) is a Canadian writer and composer.Clifford Ford
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'', June 20, 2007. He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama, receiving nods at the

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for ''Where Is Kabuki?'' and at the 2005 Governor General's Awards for ''Through the Eyes''.Vanessa Farquharson, "The 2005 G-G nominees: all killer, no Giller: Literary awards". ''

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'', October 18, 2005. A native of

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, Druick studied mathematics at

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and studied

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under Hervé Baillargeon, Jean C. Morin, Harriet Crossland-Edwards and Gail Grimstead. He has been a composer for film and theatre. ''Where Is Kabuki?'' was also a winner of the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1997.

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