Ronald Wright

Ronald Wright

Infobox Person
name = Ronald Wright



image_size = 200px
caption = Ronald Wright speaking at the University of Alberta 2007.
birth_date = 1948
birth_place = London, England
occupation = Writer, Historian, Archeologist
nationality = Canadian

Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller "Stolen Continents", winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by the "Independent" and the "Sunday Times". His first novel, "A Scientific Romance", won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the "Globe and Mail", the "Sunday Times", and the "New York Times".

Wright was selected to give the 2004 Massey Lectures. His contribution, "A Short History of Progress", looks at the modern human predicament in light of the 10,000-year experiment with civilization. In it he concludes that human civilization, to survive, would need to become environmentally sustainable, with specific reference to global warming and climate change.

His latest work "" continues the thread begun in "A Short History of Progress" by examining what Wright calls "the Columbian Age" and consequently the nature and historical origins of modern American imperium.

Ronald Wright is also a frequent contributor to the "Times Literary Supplement", and has written and presented documentaries for radio and television on both sides of the Atlantic. He studied archaeology at Cambridge University and later at the University of Calgary, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1996. He lives in British Columbia.

Books

* "", 2008, Knopf Canada
* "A Short History of Progress", 2004, Anansi Press
* "Henderson's Spear", 2002, Vintage Canada
* "A Scientific Romance", 1998, Vintage Canada
* "Home and Away", 1994, Vintage Canada
* "Stolen Continents", 1992, Penguin Books
* "Time Among the Maya", 1990, Penguin Books
* "On Fiji Islands", 1986, Penguin Books
* "Cut Stones and Crossroads: A Journey in Peru", 1984, Penguin Books

Awards

* Non-Fiction Book of the Year, CBA Libris Award, for "A Short History of Progress", 2005.
* Finalist, British Columbia Achievement Foundation Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, for "A Short History of Progress", 2005.
* "Sunday Times" (UK) Book of the Year, for "A Scientific Romance", 1998.
* Winner of The David Higham Fiction Prize for "A Scientific Romance", 1997.
* Honorary Doctorate, University of Calgary, 1996.
* Globe and Mail Editor's Choice, for "A Scientific Romance", 1995.
* Gordon Montador Award, for "Stolen Continents", 1993.
* Nominated, Author of the Year, CBA Libris Award, for "Stolen Continents", 1992.
* CBC Literary Award, for "Going to the Wall", 1991.
* Shortlisted, Trillium Book Award, for "Time Among the Maya", 1990.
* Canadian Science Writers' Association Award, for "The Lamanai Enigma", 1986.

ee also

* "A Short History of Progress"
* ""
* Societal collapse

External links

* [http://www.ronaldwright.com RonaldWright.com] Official Website (including audio and video interviews with the author)
* [http://www.bcachievement.com/nonfiction/2005/intro-wright.php British Columbia Achievement Foundation Award biography of Ronald Wright] as a finalist for Canadian non-fiction in 2005
* [http://http.dvlabs.com/radio4all/ug/ug231-hour2mix.mp3 The Origins of Man] contains, after a permaculture segment, the first of five 2004 Massey Lectures on "A Short History of Progress"


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