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Bookmark or Share- Margaret Laurence | The Booker PrizesMargaret Laurence was a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is considered to be one of the major figures in Canadian literature and was a founder of the Writers’ Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organisation that seeks to encourage Canada’s writing community. Her early novels were inspired by her time living in Africa with ...
- Margaret Laurence | Encyclopedia.comThe Canadian writer Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) was the author of many novels and stories about Africa and Canada. The five Manawaka novels feature strongly etched heroines and won international acclaim. Margaret Laurence (Jean Margaret Wemyss) was born in 1926 in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada.
- Margaret Laurence | Biography, Books, & Facts | BritannicaMargaret 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. Her first publications reflect her life with her engineer husband ...
- Margaret Laurence | The Canadian EncyclopediaUpdated by Jules Lewis. Published Online April 9, 2008. Last Edited April 9, 2021. Margaret Laurence (née Jean Margaret Wemyss), CC, novelist (born 18 July 1926 in Neepawa, MB; died 5 January 1987 in Lakefield, ON). Margaret Laurence was one of the pivotal and foundational figures in women’s literature in Canada.
- Margaret Laurence (Author of The Stone Angel) - GoodreadsThat year, she married Jack Laurence. Canada's classic authoress was born Jean Margaret Wemyss on July 18, 1926 in the prairie town of Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada. Her Mom, Verna, passed away early. Her Aunt Margaret helped her Father take care of her for a year, then they married and had a Son. Their Father died two years afterwards.
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