Occupation humorist, journalist Role Journalist Name Stuart Trueman | Period 1930s-1990s Nationality Canadian | |
Notable works You're Only as Old as You Act Books Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens | ||
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Stuart Trueman (1911 - April 25, 1995) was a Canadian journalist and humorist, who won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1969 for his book You're Only as Old as You Act.
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Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Trueman first joined the city's Telegraph-Journal newspaper after high school as a cartoonist and reporter, later becoming a sportswriter. He became the paper's editor-in-chief in 1951, holding the position until his retirement in 1971, and then continued to write a weekly column for the newspaper until 1993. During his time with the Telegraph-Journal, he covered a visit to the city by Amelia Earhart the day before her solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1932, bringing her a copy of the paper directly off the press before she left so that once she landed she could prove she had flown the whole way. He was also credited with the original discovery of Moncton's Magnetic Hill.
As a writer, Trueman published numerous books of both humour and regional history. In addition to his Leacock Award win in 1969 for You're Only as Old as You Act, he was a shortlisted nominee for the award in 1983 for Don't Let Them Smell the Lobsters Cooking.
He was married to Mildred Trueman (née Stiles), with whom he also collaborated on two cookbooks, Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens (1983) and Mildred Trueman’s New Brunswick Heritage Cookbook: With Age-Old Cures and Medications, Atlantic Fishermen’s Weather Portents and Superstitions (1986).
He died at his home in Saint John on April 25, 1995.