Peter Stursberg
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Peter Stursberg, CM
(born August 31, 1913) is a Canadian
writer and broadcaster.
Born in Chefoo
, China
, he has spent his career as a foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, television newscaster and commentator, and author. He was recognised as one of the best Canadian correspondents of the Second World War, reporting for CBC Radio from the front lines in Italy and France.
In 1996, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada
for having "helped Canadians to be better informed about themselves and their place in the world".
Stursberg's latest book, No Foreign Bones in China (2002), details his family's complex relationship with his country of birth:
"Stursberg recreated the story of his family in China for No Foreign Bones in China, recalling the turbulent birth of modern China through the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, two world wars and the rise of Mao. It traces the fortunes of Captain Samuel Lewis Shaw, a merchant seaman, who arrived in China in the 1830s. He settled in Foochow and married a Japanese woman, Peter Stursberg's grandmother, to whom the book is dedicated. The Shaw children grew up in Pagoda Anchorage, the heart of the Chinese tea trade. The title refers to the fury of the Chinese over the Korean War. They expelled all foreigners and even dug up their bones, including the bones of Stursberg's grandfather and grandmother."
Through his ancestors, Captain Shaw and his Japanese wife, Stursberg is related to former British Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith
.
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(born August 31, 1913) is a Canadian
Canada
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writer and broadcaster.
Born in Chefoo
Yantai
Yantai is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea and the eastern coast of the Laizhou Bay, Yantai borders the cities of Qingdao and Weihai to the southwest and east respectively.The largest fishing...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, he has spent his career as a foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, television newscaster and commentator, and author. He was recognised as one of the best Canadian correspondents of the Second World War, reporting for CBC Radio from the front lines in Italy and France.
In 1996, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
for having "helped Canadians to be better informed about themselves and their place in the world".
Stursberg's latest book, No Foreign Bones in China (2002), details his family's complex relationship with his country of birth:
"Stursberg recreated the story of his family in China for No Foreign Bones in China, recalling the turbulent birth of modern China through the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, two world wars and the rise of Mao. It traces the fortunes of Captain Samuel Lewis Shaw, a merchant seaman, who arrived in China in the 1830s. He settled in Foochow and married a Japanese woman, Peter Stursberg's grandmother, to whom the book is dedicated. The Shaw children grew up in Pagoda Anchorage, the heart of the Chinese tea trade. The title refers to the fury of the Chinese over the Korean War. They expelled all foreigners and even dug up their bones, including the bones of Stursberg's grandfather and grandmother."
Through his ancestors, Captain Shaw and his Japanese wife, Stursberg is related to former British Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith
George Iain Duncan Smith is a British Conservative politician. He is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was previously leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to October 2003...
.
Selected bibliography
- Journey Into Victory (1944)
- Agreement in Principle (1961)
- Those Were The Days (1969)
- Mister Broadcasting (1971)
- Diefenbaker: Leadership Gained 1956-62, Toronto 1975, University of Toronto Press
- Diefenbaker: Leadership Lost 1962-67, Toronto 1976, University of Toronto Press
- Lester Pearson and the American Dilemma (1980)
- EXTRA! When the Papers Had the Only News (1982)
- Gordon Shrum (1986)
- The Golden Hope (1987)
- Roland Michener, The Last Viceroy (1989)
- The Sound of War: Memoirs of a CBC Correspondent (1993)
- No Foreign Bones in China: Memoirs of Imperialism and Its Ending (2002)
External links
- profile at B.C. BookWorldB.C. BookWorldB.C. BookWorld is a British Columbia-based quarterly newspaper about the book trade. It was established in 1987.Founded by Alan Twigg in 1987, B.C. BookWorld is Canada’s largest-circulation, independent publication about books.-Mission:B.C...