Jack Barry Ludwig (August 30, 1922 – February 12, 2018)[1] was a Canadian-born American-resident novelist, short story writer, and sportswriter.
[2] Born and raised in the Jewish Canadian community of Winnipeg, Manitoba,[3] Ludwig was educated at the University of Manitoba, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1944, and the University of California, Los Angeles, earning his Ph.D. in 1953.
[3] He remained a resident of the United States for most of his adult life, holding teaching positions at institutions such as the University of Minnesota and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Above Ground, a thinly veiled response to his portrayal in Herzog,[4] was later reprinted as part of McClelland & Stewart's New Canadian Library series.
Ludwig was well regarded for his journalism, which concentrated almost exclusively on sportswriting following the publication of Hockey Night in Moscow in 1972,[3] and the subject of a chapter in Graeme Gibson's 1973 non-fiction work Eleven Canadian Novelists.