Dyson Carter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Herbert Dyson Carter February 2, 1910 |
| Died | 1996 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Warren Desmond |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba |
| Occupation(s) | Author, politician, scientist |
| Political party | Communist Party of Canada |
| Other political affiliations | Labor-Progressive Party |
| Awards | Order of the Union of Friendship Societies, Centenary Medal,  Order of Friendship of Peoples,  |
Herbert Dyson Carter (February 2, 1910 – 1996[1]), known as Dyson Carter, was a Canadian scientist, lecturer, writer, and Communist propagandist and organiser who served as president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society from 1949 to 1960.[2]
During his fifty-year writing career, Carter produced hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, dozens of short stories, and 17 books including five novels. Many of his non-fiction books and articles popularized scientific ideas and discoveries or reported on medical advances. In the 1930s and 1940s, many of his articles appeared in popular magazines in Canada and the United States and three of his books were published by large commercial publishers in the United States and widely reviewed.[3]
He occasionally used the pseudonym Warren Desmond for popular fiction that he would otherwise would not have been able to sell in the United States due to McCarthyism.[2]
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- ^ Doyle, James (1997). "Science, Literature and Revolution: The Life and Writings of Dyson Carter". Left History. 5 (2): 7–30. Retrieved March 5, 2018.[permanent dead link]