Harry Lutz Symons (1893 - 1962) was a Canadian writer, who won the

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in 1947 for ''Ojibway Melody'',

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, ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada''.

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, 2002. . p. 75. a volume of humorous essays about summer recreational life on Ontario's

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. His other works included ''Friendship'' (1943), ''Three Ships West'' (1949), ''The Bored Meeting'' (1951) and ''Orange Belt Special'' (1956), and the non-fiction works ''Fences'' (1958) and ''Playthings of Yesterday: Harry Symons introduces the Percy C. Band Collection'' (1963). Symons, the son of architect William Limberry Symons,"His life was his art. Alas, it was not a masterpiece"
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'', February 27, 2009. was an ace fighter pilot in

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and later worked in

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"Prof. Lower's History Gets Vice-Regal Award". ''

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'', April 19, 1947. and real estate. His son

Thomas Symons Thomas Henry Bull Symons (30 May 1929 – 1 January 2021) was a Canadian professor and author in the field of Canadian studies. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of writer Harry Lutz Symons and Dorothy Sarah Bull, and the bro ...

, a noted academic, founding president of

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, and former chair of the

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, credits the values expressed in ''Ojibway Melody'' with framing his career and contributing to Trent's decision to establish Canada's first university department in Indigenous Studies.Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, ''What's So Funny?: Lessons from Canada's Leacock Medal for Humour Writing''. General Store Publishing House, 2015. . p. 11 Another son,

Scott Symons Hugh Brennan Scott Symons (July 13, 1933 – February 23, 2009), known professionally as Scott Symons, was a Canadian writer.gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

-themed novel published in Canada.

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