Macleans.ca » Modris Eksteins http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Modris Eksteins wins the 2013 B.C. National Award for Canadian nonfiction http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/modris-eksteins-wins-40000-b-c-national-award-for-canadian-nonfiction/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/modris-eksteins-wins-40000-b-c-national-award-for-canadian-nonfiction/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:45:55 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=346337 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/modris-eksteins-wins-40000-b-c-national-award-for-canadian-nonfiction/feed/ 0 The acclaimed Canadian cultural historian will take home $40,000 for his book on Vincent Van Gogh, 'Solar Dance' Barbara Amiel on judging the Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/barbara-amiel-on-judging-the-writers-trust-prize-for-non-fiction/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/barbara-amiel-on-judging-the-writers-trust-prize-for-non-fiction/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:08:38 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=313332 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/barbara-amiel-on-judging-the-writers-trust-prize-for-non-fiction/feed/ 0 Five extraordinary books, two celebrity judges and only one winner How Van Gogh went from being an abject failure to a hero http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/the-real-van-gogh/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/the-real-van-gogh/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:40:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240009 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/the-real-van-gogh/feed/ 0 In a new book, historian Modris Eksteins writes our admiration for Van Gogh says more about us than him