Hugh MacLennan was born on March 20, 1907 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada as John Hugh MacLennan. He was a writer, known for Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1982), Two Solitudes (1978) and Each Man's Son (1954). He was married to Frances Waker and Dorothy Duncan. He died on November 7, 1990 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.