James Frederick Church Wright (1904–1970) was a Canadian journalist and historian, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1940 Governor General's Awards for Slava Bohu, a historical account of Canada's Doukhobor community.
[1] Born in Wiltshire, England in 1904 to Canadian parents who were travelling there,[2] he was raised in Minnedosa, Manitoba.
[2] He held a variety of jobs before joining the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix as a journalist,[2] remaining there for seven years.
[2] At the time of his Governor General's Award win, he was working in Ottawa, Ontario as a fireman,[2] but later took a scriptwriting job with the National Film Board.
[3] He married Diana Kingsmill in 1944 while living in Ottawa,[3] and the couple later moved back to Saskatoon.