Margaret Laurence (1926-1987)

• born in Neepawa, Manitoba on July 18 1926
• died at Lakefield, Ontario on Jan 5 1987
• educated at United College, Winnipeg
• first writing job was as a reporter and book reviewer for the Winnipeg Citizen
• moved with her husband to Africa where he worked as a civil engineer
• has lived in England, Canada, Somaliland, Ghana, Greece, Crete, Palestine, India, Egypt, and Spain
• spent last years in Lakefield, Ontario
• her early work deals with her travels in Africa while later works are often set in the Canadian West
• Novels:
  • This Side Jordan (1960)
  • The Stone Angel (1964)
  • A Jest of God (1966) won the Governor General's Award, filmed as Rachel, Rachel (1968)
  • The Fire Dwellers (1969)
  • A Bird in the House (1970)
  • Jason's Quest (1970)
  • The Diviners (1974) won the Governor General's Award, filmed in 1993
• Short Stories:
  • The Tomorrow-Tamer (1963)
• Essays:
  • Heart of a Stranger (1976)
• Travel:
  • The Prophet's Camel Bell (1963)
• Biographies
  • Margaret Laurence (1981) by Patricia Morley,
  • Margaret Laurence (1969) by Clara Thomas,
  • The Manawaka World of Margaret Laurence (1975) by Clara Thomas
• filmography
• the Margaret Laurence Home (a museum)
• more information

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