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- 1936-2022 (Creation)
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6.0 m of textual records and other material including:
252 photographs
48 photonegatives
10 audio cassettes
21 computer diskettes
1 CD-R
3 VHS
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Biographical history
Canadian author and educator Ken Rivard was born in Montreal, Quebec, on June 30, 1947. Now a Calgary resident, Rivard writes both adult literary fiction and children's literature. He is the author of eight books and his work has appeared in dozens of regional and national publications and on the CBC.
Ken was nominated in 2005 for the inaugural Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award. His publications have been finalists for the Writers Guild of Alberta, Howard O`Hagan Award for Short Fiction in 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2005. One of his books, Skin Tests, also published by Black Moss was a finalist for The City of Calgary , W.O. Mitchell Award in 2001.
He has presented many successful writing workshops across Canada and has worked as a Writer-in-Residence for both The Calgary Public Library and The Writers Guild of Alberta. He has read in cities across Canada including Victoria, Comox, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
Additional biographical information available in Who's Who in Canadian Literature, 1997-1998, p. 272.
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Donated by Ken Rivard in 2005 and 2023.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts of poems, short stories and young adult fiction, published works and audio-visual material.
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Text in English.
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ckey
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Archivist's note
Accession 2015.077 described to the file level. Existing Accessions combined and updated. CLC May 2023.
Accession 2023.10 described to the file level. Added to Combined Accessions. CLC June 2023.