What is Richard B. Wright?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Richard B. Wright | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|03|04|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Midland, Ontario|Midland]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|02|07|1937|03|04|mf=y}} | death_place = [[St. Catharines]], Ontario, Canada | occupation = Writer | nationality = Canadian | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = The Weekend Man, In The Middle Of A Life, [[Clara Callan]], & Mr.Shakespeare's Bastard | spouse = Phyllis Cotton | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = }} '''Richard B. Wright''', [[Order of Canada|CM]], (March 4, 1937 &ndash; February 7, 2017) was a Canadian novelist. His break-through 2001 novel was ''[[Clara Callan]]''. He won three major literary awards in Canada for ''Clara Callan'': The [[Giller Prize]], the [[Trillium Book Award]], and the [[Governor General's Award]]. Wright died on February 7, 2017 at a hospital in [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]] from complications of a fall. He was 79 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/canadian-novelist-richard-b-wright-author-of-clara-callan-dies-at-79/article33951390/|title=Canadian novelist Richard B. Wright, author of Clara Callan, dies at 79|last=Medley|first=Mark|date=February 8, 2017|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-02-08|language=en-ca}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other website== *[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/richard-bruce-wright/ <!--Bot repaired link--> Richard B. Wright's] entry in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Richard B.}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] [[Category:Accidental deaths in Canada]] [[Category:Writers from Ontario]] {{bio-stub}}