Lionel Shapiro

{{Short description|Canadian journalist and novelist}}

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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec

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| death_place = Montreal, Quebec

| occupation = Writer (novelist)

| nationality = Canadian

| period = 20th century

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Lionel Shapiro (February 12, 1908 – May 27, 1958) was a Canadian journalist and novelist. A war correspondent for The Montreal Gazette, he landed at the Allied invasion of Sicily, Salerno and Juno Beach on D-Day with the Canadian forces.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215050914/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807462,00.html "Books: Love Before D-Day"]. TIME, August 8, 1955.

Shapiro was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on February 12, 1908 to Samuel and Fanny Shapiro.{{cite book |editor-last=Wallace |editor-first=William S. |date=1963 |title=Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography |edition=3 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |publication-place=London, England}} His 1955 romantic novel The Sixth of June was awarded the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,"Shapiro war book wins fiction prize". The Province, February 25, 1956. and was subsequently adapted into the Hollywood film D-Day the Sixth of June. His other novels include The Sealed Verdict and Torch For A Dark Journey.{{cite web |title=Lionel Shapiro |url=http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/cgi-bin/auth.pl?S002673 |publisher=Author and Book Info}} A McGill University Award is named after him for Creative Literature.

He died in Montréal on May 27, 1958, aged fifty.