Early Life

Clem Martini
Clem Martini was born on August 25th 1956 Calgary, Canada. Clem grew up in Bowness, a town that got amalgamated into Calgary in 1964. During that time Bowness had a population of around 6000 people. As a kid Clem liked animals, reading and the outdoors. Growing up his family had dog, rabbit and cat. Unfortunately, his dad mistook the cat for a rat and killed the cat by slamming the door on it. Clem’s favorite book series were the “Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis and the “Lord of the Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien (Clem Martini, n.d.). He also was a fan of science fiction one of his favorites being “Dune” by Frank Herbert. Clem spent a lot his time with family camping, hiking and cross-country skiing (Clem Martini, n.d.). On his camping trip Clem and his three brothers Liv, Nic and Ben would go looking for dinosaur teeth. Clem’s oldest brother Liv or Olivier was the oldest brother who Clem always thought would grow up to become a paleontologist because he found the most dinosaur bones. At school Clem’s favorite subjects were English, Social Studies and Art. (Clem Martini, n.d.) English was his favorite especially when it came to writing. Clem liked short fiction in particular and after his teacher pushed him to enter, he won the Woolworth competition for writing in high school. (Clem Martini, n.d.) It was at this point Clem knew he wanted to become a writer. Clem then went on to study being a playwright studying at the university of Calgary where he earned in Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in play writing. Clem was also one of the first graduates of play writing in the national theater school in Montreal. Unfortunately, while going the school Clem’s brother ben was not doing so well. Ben ended up developing schizophrenia and killing himself with a shotgun in his parents’ basement. Ben was only 19 at the time.

Olivier Martini
There is very little information regarding Olivier’s life growing up. He also was born in Bowness, Alberta. Olivier also developed schizophrenia shortly after Clem graduated for the University of Calgary. Due to his illness Olivier had trouble securing a job. Eventually Olivier graduated from Alberta College of Arts where he obtained a visual arts diploma. (Olivier Martini, 2019)

- Ryan Sneyd