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| Morty Mint | |
Morton (Morty) Mint, who was born and raised in Montreal, but after graduation from McGill University moved to Toronto and entered the world of book publishing, died January 25, Quill & Quire reported. He was 81.
During his career, Mint rose to become president and CEO of Penguin Canada and then president of Penguin USA. He left the corporate world in the 1990s to start his own publishing company, as well as Mint Literary Agency. He moved to Nelson, B.C., in 2005 and entered the Kootenay literary world.
"Professionally, the work he did during this part of his life was the most rewarding," his obituary noted. "His energy, drive, imagination, humor and huge enthusiasm and support for his authors and the local book scene changed lives remarkably. His contribution to the Kootenay book world has been significant. He lived books, authors, ideas."