Editing Sinclair Ross (section)

==Life and career==
Ross was born on a [[Homestead (buildings)|homestead]] near [[Shellbrook, Saskatchewan]]. When he was seven, his parents separated, and he lived with his mother on a number of different farms during his childhood, going to school in [[Indian Head, Saskatchewan|Indian Head]], Saskatchewan. He left school after Grade 11 and in 1924 he joined the [[Union Bank of Canada]], which became part of the [[Royal Bank of Canada]] a year later. At first, he worked in a number of small towns in Saskatchewan, then moved to [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] in 1933 where he wrote and published his most famous novel ''As For Me and My House''. In 1946 he moved to [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] after spending four years in the [[Canadian Army]] during World War II. He remained with the Royal Bank until his retirement in 1968, after which he spent some time in Spain and Greece before moving to a nursing home in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], where he lived until his death.

''As For Me and My House,'' set in an isolated town on the Prairies during the [[Great Depression]], was published in 1941. At first not much noticed, it went on to become a Canadian literary classic and set the precedent for the genre of Canadian prairie fiction. He wrote three more novels during his lifetime, as well as a few anthologies of short stories, none of which became as well known as his first novel. He is known to have destroyed manuscripts of novels that his publisher rejected, including a sequel to ''Sawbones Memorial''.

His short story "The Painted Door" was adapted by [[Atlantis Films]] as the short film ''[[The Painted Door]]'', which was an [[Academy Award]] nominee for [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Live Action Short Film]] at the [[57th Academy Awards]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Oscar Nominations Give Canada the Nod Once More|journal=Cinema Canada|date=March 1985|issue=116|page=48}}</ref>

A monument in his honour has been erected in Indian Head by Saskatchewan artists and readers, with a bronze statue sculpted by [[Joe Fafard]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Ross, Sinclair (1908–96) | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan | publisher = Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina | year = 2006 | url = http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ross_sinclair_1908-96.html | accessdate = 2009-05-10 | archive-date = 2017-06-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170615150904/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ross_sinclair_1908-96.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 1992, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]]. He died in 1996, having had  [[Parkinson's disease]], and was buried in Indian Head. The year after his death his [[homosexuality]] became public knowledge for the first time, as a result of [[Keath Fraser]]'s biography ''As For Me and My Body: A Memoir of Sinclair Ross'' (1997).<ref>[[Lorna Crozier]], [https://quillandquire.com/review/as-for-me-and-my-body-a-memoir-of-sinclair-ross/ "As for Me and My Body: A Memoir of Sinclair Ross"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', March 1997.</ref>