received the QSPELL Prize for Non-Fiction from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards. Among Weintraub's contemporaries and friends were Mordecai Richler, Mavis Gallant, Norman Levine and Brian Moore. His correspondence with these writers was the basis of his 2001 memoir Getting Started. Weintraub's satirical 1979 novel The Underdogs provoked controversy by imagining a future socialist republic of Quebec, in which English-speakers were an oppressed minority, complete with a violent resistance movement. One planned stage version was cancelled before its premiere, but another version was later a hit at the Just For Laughs festival. Personal life Weintraub's first marriage, to Bernice Grafstein ended in divorce. In 1967, he married Madga Landau, who had emigrated to Canada from Poland; they remained married until her death in 2012. Neither marriage prodced children. From an early age, Weintraub suffered from depression. He dealt with it with Psychoanalysis, Electroconvulsive therapy and, eventually, by abstaining from alcohol. Legacy In 2003, Weintraub was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2018, McGill University established the William Weintraub Prize in memory of William and Magda. It is an annual cash award, given by the university's Quebec Studies Program to one undergraduate student exploring the politics and culture of Quebec and Montreal. Filmography (All for the National Film Board of Canada) Carnival - documentary short, Julian Biggs 1955 - writer Road of Iron - documentary short, Walford Hewitson 1955 - writer New Hearts for Old - TV series episode, Jean Lenauer 1955 - writer Embassy - documentary short, Don Haldane 1956 - writer Is It a Woman’s World? - documentary short, Don Haldane 1956 - writer Stress - documentary short, Ian MacNeill 1956 - writer Canadians Abroad - documentary short, Don Haldane 1956 - writer Fighter Wing – documentary short, Don Haldane 1956 - writer Saskatchewan Traveller - documentary short, Don Haldane 1956 - writer Portrait of the Family - documentary short, Ronald Dick 1957 - writer The Invisible Keystone - documentary short, Ronald Dick 1957 - writer Four Centuries of Growing Pains - documentary short, Ronald Dick, Nicholas Balla 1957 - writer The Colonies Look Ahead - documentary short, Ronald Dick 1957 - writer Can It Hold Together? - documentary short, Ronald Dick 1957 Crisis in Asia - documentary short, Ronald Dick 1957 The Ghost That Talked - documentary short, Don Haldane 1957 - writer A Letter from Oxford - documentary short, Julian Biggs 1957 Colonialism: