Canadian author and educator. Born November 10, 1922 in Montreal, Quebec. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 94-95; and The feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present, p. 86-87.
Author and educator. Born April 10, 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, of Canadian parents. Taught at various universities in Canada and the United States, where he currently resides. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 126-127.
Canadian poet Miriam Mandel, neé Minovitch, was born June 24, 1930, in Rockglen, Saskatchewan. Granted a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1950. Poetry published in various anthologies. 1973 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry collection Lions at her face. Died in Edmonton, Alberta, on February 13, 1982.
Canadian playwright and author Sharon Pollock (née Mary Sharon Chalmers) was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on April 19, 1936. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 955-957; and The Oxford companion to Canadian theatre, p. 424-426.
Canadian playwright and author. Born in Anatone, Washington, on August 13, 1910. Moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1913. Died May 27, 1984. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 1003-1004; and The Oxford companion to Canadian theatre, p. 468-469.
Canadian author. Born August 25, 1921 in Belfast, Ireland. Emigrated to Canada in 1948. Lived in Malibu, California from 1965 until his death on January 11, 1999, but retained Canadian citizenship. Further biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 765-766; in Brian Moore : the chameleon novelist / by Denis Sampson (Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 1998); and in Brian Moore : a biography / by Patricia Craig (London : Bloomsbury, 2002).
Canadian author born on May 26, 1954 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Biographical information available in The feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present, p. 1109-1110; Who's who in Canadian literature 1987-88, p. 332; and Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 1152-1153.
English concert pianist Dame Myra Hess was born in London, England, on February 25, 1890. Died in London, England, on November 25, 1965. Biographical information available in The dictionary of national biography, 1961-1970, p. 508-510.
Canadian poet and novelist Leona Gom was born in Fairview, Alberta, on August 29, 1946. Biographical information available in The feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present, p. 437; and Who's who in Canadian literature 1987-88, p. 128.
Canadian author. Born in Toronto, Ontario, on April 30, 1928. Died in Montreal, Quebec, on August 1, 2000. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 548-549.