Arthur Black (humorist)

Arthur Black
Born	(1943-08-30) 30 August 1943 Toronto, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	humorist
Known for	Basic Black

Arthur Black (born 30 August 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian humorist and radio personality, best known as the longtime host of Basic Black on CBC Radio. He also publishes a regular humour column syndicated to 50 Canadian newspapers.

Black is a three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.

Black now lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

Books

• Basic Black: The Wit and Whimsy of Arthur Black (1981)
• Back to Black (1986)
• Arthur! Arthur! (1991)
• That Old Black Magic (1989)
• Black by Popular Demand (1994)
• Black in the Saddle Again (1996)
• Black Tie and Tales (1999)
• Flashblack! (2002)
• Pitch Black (2006)
• Black Gold (2006)
• Black to the Grindstone (2007)
• Planet Salt Spring (audiobook) (2009)
• Black is the New Green (2009)
• Fifty Shades of Black (2013)
• Paint the Town Black (2015) Harbour Publishing

References

Or see: Arthur Black was born in Toronto in 1943 (...) at http://www.speakers.ca/black_arthur.html

External links

• Arthur Black
• Harbour Publishing - Arthur Black