John Coulter (12 February 1888,
Belfast – 1 December 1980,
Toronto) was an Irish Canadian
playwright and broadcaster.
Life
He graduated from the
University of Manchester. He taught school in
Belfast and
Dublin until 1919.
He moved to
London in 1920, where he wrote for BBC radio. In 1924 he became editor of The Ulster Review, and in 1927, managing editor of The New Adelphi.
He moved to
Toronto in 1936, where he wrote for CBC radio, and he married Olive Clare Primrose, a poet and short story writer.[1] They had two daughters, including actress
Clare Coulter.[2]