Robert Thomas Allen (1911–1990) was a Canadian humorist, best known as a two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for humour.
[1] He won the award in 1957 for The Grass Is Never Greener, and in 1971 for Wives, Children and Other Wild Life.
[1] Born in Toronto, Ontario, Allen began his career as an advertising writer for Eaton's and Simpsons,[2] and was a freelance contributor of humorous essays to publications such as Maclean's, Saturday Night, The Canadian, Weekend and Star Weekly.
[2] He published 14 books throughout his career, including both compilations of his essays and works of children's literature.
[1] A recurring character in the work of Toronto Star editorial cartoonist Duncan Macpherson, a bespectacled "average Canadian", was originally drawn as a caricature of Allen.