User:BenNuttallSmith

Ben Nuttall-Smith born June 15, 1933 Canadian Poet and Novelist.

Biography
Born on safari in Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania) in 1933. Survived English boarding schools, the London blitz, doodle-bugs, and V2 rockets. Moved to Canada March 1945. Served in the Royal Canadian Navy 1950 – 53. Later adventures and misadventures led to a lifetime vocation as a teacher of Music, Theatre, Art, and Language until he retired in 1991. Ben lives in Crescent Beach. B.C. Canada, near Vancouver, British Columbia, where he writes, paints, makes music, and travels with his best friend and soulmate.

Executive member of The Canadian Authors Association, The Federation of British Columbia Writers and the Canadian Poetry Association and a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada.

Awards and Honours
Surrey Board of Trade 19th annual Special Achievement Award in recognition of work as a writer and significant contribution to the community of writers. October 21, 2011