Peter Stursberg
Peter Stursberg | |
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Born | Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg August 31, 1913 Republic of China |
Died | August 31, 2014 | (aged 101)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Journalism |
Known for | War correspondent |
Spouse | Jessamy Anderson (née Robertson) m. 1946 (1915-2008) |
Awards | Order of Canada |
Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg, known as Peter Stursberg, CM (August 31, 1913 – August 31, 2014) was a Canadian writer and broadcaster.[1]
Life and career
Stursberg was born in Yantai, China, the son of Mary Ellen (née Shaw) and Walter Arthur Stursberg, who was working for the Chinese postal service.[2][3] His father was born in Canada to a German father from the Rhineland and an English mother, while his mother was born in China to an English father and a Japanese mother.[4]
At the age of seven, Stursberg's parents took him on a world tour before returning to China. At age 11 Stursberg was sent to a boarding school in
In 1934 Stursberg found a job as agricultural editor of the
With the outbreak of
Stursberg spent his career as a foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, television newscaster and commentator, and author. He was recognised as one of the best Canadian correspondents of the Second World War, reporting for CBC Radio from the front lines in Italy and France. He published a book in 1944, Journey Into Victory, based on his experience. In 1945 he left the CBC to return to the Daily Herald as a foreign correspondent. He rejoined CBC in 1950 as the network's
Stursberg joined Ernest Bushnell to apply for a license for what became
Stursberg's final book, No Foreign Bones in China (2002), details his family's complex relationship with his country of birth: "Stursberg recreated the story of his family in China for No Foreign Bones in China, recalling the turbulent birth of modern China through the
Through his ancestors Captain Shaw and his Japanese wife, Stursberg is related to former British Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith.[7]
Stursberg is the father of former CBC executive
Selected bibliography
- Journey Into Victory: Up the Alaska Highway and to Sicily and Italy (1944)
- Agreement in Principle (1961)
- Those Were The Days: Victoria in the 1930s (1969)
- Mister Broadcasting: The Ernie Bushnell Story (1971)
- Diefenbaker: Leadership Gained 1956-62, Toronto 1975, University of Toronto Press
- Diefenbaker: Leadership Lost 1962-67, Toronto 1976, University of Toronto Press
- — (1978). Lester Pearson and the Dream of Unity. Toronto/New York City: OCLC 4516158.
- Lester Pearson and the American Dilemma (1980)
- EXTRA! When the Papers Had the Only News (1982)
- Gordon Shrum: An Autobiography with Peter Stursberg (1986)
- The Golden Hope: Christians In China (1987)
- Roland Michener, The Last Viceroy (1989)
- The Sound of War: Memoirs of a CBC Correspondent (1993)
- No Foreign Bones in China: Memoirs of Imperialism and Its Ending (2002)
References
- ^ "Peter Stursberg, former CBC correspondent, dead at 101". CBC News. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
- ^ a b c d "Radio brought Peter Stursberg to the front lines of the Second World War". The Globe and Mail. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ISBN 9780888643872.
- ISBN 9780888643872.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "Stursberg Peter".
- ^ Tempest, Matthew (September 4, 2001). "Duncan Smith's secret samurai past". The Guardian. London.
External links
- Profile, abcbookworld.com; accessed October 25, 2014.
- CBC Archives: CBC reporter Peter Stursberg
- Peter Stursberg archival fonds description (R5637) at Library and Archives Canada