Boyce Richardson

Boyce Richardson, (March 21, 1928—March 7, 2020) was a journalist, author and filmmaker. Richardson was born in Wyndham, New Zealand to Robert and Letitia Richardson, and grew up in Invercargill where, at age 17, he began his career in journalism at the Southland Times and the Southland Daily News. After a brief stint as a reporter in Australia, he went to India to live and work at Nilokheri, a co-operative community north of New Delhi. In 1951, he moved to Britain, where he studied writing under the Scottish poet, Edwin Muir at Newbattle Abbey College. In 1954, Richardson emigrated to Canada, first joining the Winnipeg Free Press then the Montreal Star. From 1960 to 1968 he was the latter newspaper's correspondent in London.