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Charles R. Saunders

1946–2020

Canada

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Charles Robert Saunders (July 12, 1946 – May 2020) was an American-born, Black Canadian author and journalist, a pioneer of the "sword and soul" literary genre with his Imaro novels. Saunders, who was born in Pennsylvania, moved to Canada to avoid the draft. He lived initially in Ontario before moving to Nova Scotia where he worked as a civil servant and teacher.

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