Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)
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A propos de l'auteur
Canadian author Margaret Laurence was born Jean Margaret Wemyss in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada, on July 18, 1926. She attended United College (now the University of Winnipeg), receiving her B.A. in 1947. Shortly after graduation, she married Jack Laurence, a hydraulic engineer whose job would often afficher plus take them overseas; the Laurences lived in England for a year, moved to British Somaliland in 1950, and then to Ghana in 1952. It was in Africa that Laurence wrote her first book, A Tree for Poverty, which was a translation of Somali poetry and stories. She also wrote about her experiences in Somaliland in a travel memoir, The Prophet's Camel Bell, and used Africa as a setting for her first fictional work, a novel called This Side Jordan, and a collection of short stories, The Tomorrow Tamers. This Side Jordan received the 1961 Beta Sigma Phi Award for the best first novel by a Canadian. Laurence is best known, however, for her Manawaka books, which are set in Canada. They include The Stone Angel, The Fire Dwellers House, A Bird in the House, A Jest of God, and The Diviners. The latter two books both received the Governor General's Award, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. After living in Africa, England, and several other countries for many years, Laurence returned to Canada in 1974, settling in Lakefield, Ontario, where she remained until her death in 1987. The Energy Probe Research Foundation, an environmental organization for which she served as one of the directors, now sponsors the Margaret Laurence Fund for projects related to the environment and peace, areas in which Laurence was very active during the last decade of her life. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Peter Esterhazy, with kind permission of the Estate of Margaret Laurence.
Séries
Œuvres de Margaret Laurence
To Set Our House In Order 2 exemplaires
Happy families 1 exemplaire
Laurence, Margaret Archive 1 exemplaire
Das Glutnest: Roman | Der literarische Klassiker aus Kanada erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung (2023) 1 exemplaire
Un Dieu Farceur 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Contributeur — 1,133 exemplaires
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962 — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Laurence, Margaret
- Nom légal
- Laurence, Jean Margaret
Wemyss, Jean Margaret (born) - Date de naissance
- 1926-07-18
- Date de décès
- 1987-01-05
- Lieu de sépulture
- Neepawa Cemetery, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
- Lieu du décès
- Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
Somaliland (now Somalia)
Ghana
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
London, England, UK
Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (tout afficher 8)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Lakefield, Ontario, Canada - Études
- United College, Winnipeg (BA|1947|now University of Winnipeg)
- Professions
- reporter ( [1943])
reporter (The Winnipeg Citizen)
short-story writer
novelist
essayist
Writer-in-Residence (University of Toronto | 1969 | 1970) (tout afficher 7)
Chancellor (Trent University | 1981 | 1982 | 1983) - Organisations
- Writers' Trust of Canada
- Prix et distinctions
- Beta Sigma Phi Award (1960)
Honorary Fellow (University of Winnipeg | 1967)
Order of Canada (Companion | 1972)
Royal Society of Canada (Fellow | 1977)
Molson Prize (1975)
Governor General's Awards (1966, 1974) (tout afficher 7)
National Historic Person (2016)
Membres
Discussions
Group Read, January 2020: The Diviners à 1001 Books to read before you die (Février 2020)
June Read: Margaret Laurence à Virago Modern Classics (Juillet 2017)
Critiques
Listes
Five star books (1)
AP Lit (1)
Women Writers (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 26
- Aussi par
- 17
- Membres
- 5,268
- Popularité
- #4,737
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 117
- ISBN
- 225
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 37