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Jean Margaret Laurence CC (née Wemyss; July 18, 1926 – January 5, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community.
Margaret Laurence (born July 18, 1926, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada—died January 5, 1987, Lakefield, Ontario) was a Canadian writer whose novels portray strong women striving for self-realization while immersed in the daily struggle to make a living in a male-dominated world.
- Margaret Laurence
- 1963
Apr 9, 2008 · Margaret Laurence was one of the pivotal and foundational figures in women’s literature in Canada. Two of her novels — A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974) — won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction.
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- January 5, 1987
- July 18, 1926
- The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence, Adele Wiseman (Afterword)
- The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Afterword )
- A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Afterword)
- A Bird in the House.
Learn about the life and works of Margaret Laurence, one of the most important writers from Western Canada. Explore her novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and children's books that reflect her rural-Western perspective and voice for women.
May 21, 2018 · Learn about the life and works of the Canadian writer Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), who wrote novels and stories about Africa and Canada. Explore her themes of freedom, dignity, and survival in the Manawaka cycle and other books.
Learn about Margaret Laurence, one of the major figures in Canadian literature and a founder of the Writers’ Trust of Canada. Explore her books, including The Fire-Dwellers, which was nominated for The Lost Man Booker Prize.
