Rick Salutin was born on August 30,1942 and is a Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and critic and has been writing for more than forty years.
14 Facts About Rick Salutin
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Rick Salutin received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Near Eastern and Jewish Studies at Brandeis University and got his Master of Arts degree in religion at Columbia University.
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Rick Salutin studied philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
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Rick Salutin was once a trade union organizer in Toronto and participated in the Artistic Woodwork strike.
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Rick Salutin has a child with The Fifth Estate journalist Theresa Burke, whom he has cited as the model for the characters Amy Bert and Antia in The Womanizer.
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Rick Salutin has written in many magazines, including Harpers, Maclean's, Canadian Business, Toronto Life, Weekend, Saturday Night, Quest, TV Times, Today, and This Magazine.
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Rick Salutin wrote "The Culture Vulture" column for many years in This Magazine and received National Newspaper awards for it.
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Rick Salutin won the National Newspaper Award for best columnist for a column he wrote in The Globe and Mail.
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Rick Salutin introduced cartoon strips to This Magazine and convinced Margaret Atwood to regularly collaborate.
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Rick Salutin made a cartoon strip called "Kanadian Kultchur Komics".
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Rick Salutin's unpublished Maria was a drama on CBC Television about a woman fighting to put factory workers in the union.
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Rick Salutin's first published play was 1837: The Farmers' Revolt about the revolt led by William Lyon Mackenzie.
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Rick Salutin helped found the Guild of Canadian Playwrights and in 1978 became chairman.
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Rick Salutin won the Toronto Arts award for writing and publishing.