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A TAPE recorder and typewriter are the tools of ‘the't trade for blind author Helmut Michler,
who writes by the pen-name Kurtis Daniel. He ts pictured busy at work in the Silver Harbour

Newsroom 985-2131

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I QUITE often drop in to Silver Harbour Centre in
North Vancouver for lunch for a gameof bridge or

~ to drop off an article

the Centre Post, a mon-

thly bulletin that keeps members_up to date on

- events at the Centre.

‘When I do, I usually go’
upstairs, listen for the tap of.

a typewriter, and go in for a

chat with the man who is

working on his latest novel.
After talking for a while,
sometimes about the pro-
biems of a freelance writer,
when I say goodbye he says,
as many of us do, “Fil see
you.”

Nothing strange about
that, except that the man is

blind.

Helmut Michler was born

‘in Czethoslavakia but has
been a resident .of Canada

since 1951 and. of North Van-

. couver since “1964.. He

‘started to write in his early
teens; at first it was only a
hobby, but now he looks on
writing as a full-time career.
His first major writing was
for two underground news-
papers during the second
World War. Writing under
the name Kurtis Daniel, he
has had articles published on
political economy, finance,
and sociology. A series of
travel articles which he
wrote while living in Mexico
for six months proved
popular. Of these he says, “I
sold nineteen out of twenty,
and I finally decided what
was wrong with the twen-
tieth, which was on bull-
fighting. I had _ allowed
myself to preach. I should
have been more objective
and treated the subject more
lightly.” He is a man who
learns from experience.

Mr. Michler works on
more than one novel at a
time. He has two finished
ready for editing and retyp-
ing. The subject of the one
his is working on now is an

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intriguing one. Beneath the
Tree of the Wise Man is the
story of a child rescued from
the rubble in Beirut and
taken to Israel to
recuperate.

He meets an old man
under a tree and is taken
back through regression
through all the periods of
time — from Beirut to
Korea, through ancient
Greece, through the Third
Crusade, to the time of
Christ, and ending in Atlan-
tis — at each step learning
something that will make
him a worthy successor to
the old man — the-chosen
one to take over as the Guar-
dian of Mankind.

Mr. Michler’s first two
books were written in 1948
and 1950 in German. In
translation the title of the
first is Snow Feil on the Sun-
ny Mountain and the second
is Pithiulla, the story of a
fascinating Italian countess.

first two novels in
E were written during
his six-month sojourn in
Mexico. An historical novel

Countdown to . Freedom
covers the last three months
of World War II. Another
Time ~Another Place was
written at the request of a
man who is now deceased
and who left Mr. Michler his
diary. The subject is reincar-
nation. All of Mr. Michler’s
work shows remarkable
imagination and a tendency
toward the’ unusual. I have
had the opportunity to
observe his clear and lucid
style in an, article that
recently appeared in the
Centre Post and that was the
preface to his most recent
novel.

Mr. Michler has been
blind for two years, the
result of diabetes, but he has

not allowed this. misfortune

to blunt his enthusiasm for
living or writing. He° ‘keeps
busy all the time, but. he is
now forced to rely on others
for some of his research and
for’ proofreading his
material. He does some
work at home but finds it
more agreeable to write at
Silver Harbour, where he
can talk with friends during
periods of relaxation.

A room has been put at his
disposal, and. he ‘may be
found there anywhere from
two to six hours'every week
day typing from material he
has put on a Dictaphone. He
admits his typing is not

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