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Author photo. Peter Esterhazy, with kind permission of the Estate of Margaret Laurence.

Peter Esterhazy, with kind permission of the Estate of Margaret Laurence.

Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)

Author of The Stone Angel

Includes the names: Margaret Laurence, Margaret Lauerence

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Works by Margaret Laurence

The Stone Angel 1,420 copies, 30 reviews
The Diviners 966 copies, 11 reviews
A Jest of God 595 copies, 16 reviews
The Fire Dwellers 407 copies, 7 reviews
A Bird in the House 393 copies, 8 reviews
The Tomorrow-Tamer and Other Stories 86 copies, 1 review
Dance on the Earth: A Memoir 81 copies, 1 review
This Side Jordan 76 copies, 1 review
The Prophet's Camel Bell 73 copies, 1 review
Heart of a Stranger 59 copies, 1 review
The Olden Days Coat 50 copies, 4 reviews
Jason's Quest 21 copies
Six darn cows 10 copies, 1 review
A Tree for Poverty 8 copies

Intimate Strangers: The Letters of Margaret Laurence And Gabrielle Roy 7 copies

A Very Large Soul: Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence 6 copies

The Christmas Birthday Story 5 copies

Margaret Laurence the Stone Angel and Other Works Coles Notes (Subject) 5 copies

Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952-1966 4 copies

Embryo words: Margaret Laurence's early writings 3 copies

Le cycle de Manawaka 2 copies

Une reine à Thèbes 1 copy

Happy families 1 copy

Ta maison est en feu - Un oiseau dans la maison 1 copy

The Diviners: Songs from the Novel 1 copy

To Set Our House In Order 1 copy

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Also by Margaret Laurence

The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (Contributor) 871 copies, 2 reviews
From Ink Lake: Canadian Stories (Contributor) 106 copies
The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (Contributor) 83 copies, 2 reviews
Crackpot (Afterword, some editions) 58 copies, 2 reviews
Great Canadian Short Stories (Contributor) 44 copies
The Canadian Children's Treasury (Contributor, some editions) 32 copies
The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories (Contributor) 11 copies, 1 review
Canada and the Nuclear Arms Race (Foreword, some editions) 10 copies
Rachel, Rachel [1968 film] (Based on A Jest of God) 3 copies
The Stone Angel [2007 film] (Original novel) 2 copies

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Canonical name

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Laurence, Jean Margaret

Wemyss, Jean Margaret (born)

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Burial location

Neepawa Cemetery, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada

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Birthplace

Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada

Place of death

Lakefield, Ontario, Canada

Places of residence

Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada

Somaliland (now Somalia)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

London, England, UK

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Education

United College, Winnipeg (University of Winnipeg)

Occupations

reporter ( [1943])

reporter (The Winnipeg Citizen)

short-story writer

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Relationships

Organizations

Writers’ Union of Canada

Awards and honors

Beta Sigma Phi Award (1960)

Honorary Fellow (University of Winnipeg ∙ 1967)

Order of Canada (Companion ∙ 1972)

Royal Society of Canada (Fellow ∙ 1977)

Molson Prize (1975)

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