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Where the World Began Margaret Laurence 精用用年

Where the World Began Margaret Laurence

Margaret Laurence (1929-1987) a Canadian novelist and short story writer, 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 (1929-1987 ) • a Canadian novelist and short story writer, 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 精用用年

Margaret Laurence

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As one of Canada's most esteemed and beloved writers,she is best known for her Manawaka novels -The Stone Angel,A Jest of God,The Fire Dwellers and The Diviners- which are considered classics of Canadian literature. 精用用年

• As one of Canada's most esteemed and beloved writers, she is best known for her Manawaka novels — The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire Dwellers and The Diviners — which are considered classics of Canadian literature

● She began writing professionally in 1943 when she got a summer job as a reporter for the town newspaper and in 1944 she enrolled in the Honors English program at Winnipeg's United College. In 1949,Margaret Laurence and her husband left for England and then,a year later,they moved to Africa. 用年

• She began writing professionally in 1943 when she got a summer job as a reporter for the town newspaper and in 1944 she enrolled in the Honors English program at Winnipeg's United College. • In 1949, Margaret Laurence and her husband left for England and then, a year later, they moved to Africa

Although soon after returning to Canada she began to focus her creative efforts on writing about her own country,Laurence still maintained a great interest in African literature,culminating in her 1968 critical study of Nigerian literature, Long Drums and Cannons:Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists 1952-1966. Returning home in 1957,the Laurence's settled in Vancouver where they remained for five years

• Although soon after returning to Canada she began to focus her creative efforts on writing about her own country, Laurence still maintained a great interest in African literature, culminating in her 1968 critical study of Nigerian literature, Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists 1952-1966. • Returning home in 1957, the Laurence’s settled in Vancouver where they remained for five years

STONE ANGEL It was also in Vancouver that Laurence began to write her first novel with a Canadian subject. Completed and published in 1964,The Stone Angel was the first in Laurence's famous series of novels set in the fictional Manitoba town of Manawaka. After separating from her husband in 1962,she moved with her two children to England,where she settled first in London for a year and then at Elm Cottage in Buckinghamshire where they would reside for most of the next decade. 用年

• It was also in Vancouver that Laurence began to write her first novel with a Canadian subject. Completed and published in 1964, The Stone Angel was the first in Laurence's famous series of novels set in the fictional Manitoba town of Manawaka. • After separating from her husband in 1962, she moved with her two children to England, where she settled first in London for a year and then at Elm Cottage in Buckinghamshire where they would reside for most of the next decade

It was at Elm Cottage that Laurence completed four of her five Manawaka books:The Stone Angel(1964),A Jest of God (1966),The Fire-Dwellers (1969),and A Bird in the House(1970).In 1966,A Jest of God won Laurence her first Governor General's Award for fiction and was soon adapted into a movie entitled Rachel, Rachel. The great critical acclaim and commercial success of the first four Manawaka novels as well as her consistent output of essays and articles solidly established Margaret Laurence as one of the most important and beloved literary figures in Canada

• It was at Elm Cottage that Laurence completed four of her five Manawaka books: The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), The Fire-Dwellers (1969), and A Bird in the House (1970). In 1966, A Jest of God won Laurence her first Governor General's Award for fiction and was soon adapted into a movie entitled Rachel, Rachel. • The great critical acclaim and commercial success of the first four Manawaka novels as well as her consistent output of essays and articles solidly established Margaret Laurence as one of the most important and beloved literary figures in Canada

In the early 1970s,Margaret Laurence returned to Canada for good,eventually making her home in Lakefield,Ontario.Over the following several years,she continued to write but also took up writer-in-residence positions at the University of Toronto,the University of Western Ontario,and at Trent University.Working during the summers at her "Manawaka Cottage"on the Otonobee River in Southern Ontario,Laurence completed The Diviners(1974),her final novel and the fifth book in the Manawaka series. 性神有区年

• In the early 1970s, Margaret Laurence returned to Canada for good, eventually making her home in Lakefield, Ontario. Over the following several years, she continued to write but also took up writer-in-residence positions at the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, and at Trent University. Working during the summers at her "Manawaka Cottage" on the Otonobee River in Southern Ontario, Laurence completed The Diviners (1974), her final novel and the fifth book in the Manawaka series