Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

female, 69 years old
Canadian, Feminist, Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, Governor General's Award winning poet, Authors selected for Canada Reads, literary criticism…writer, science fiction writer, Women short story writer, Canadian women writer, Ontario writer
Many commend Margaret Atwood for her ability of depicting individual and worldly troubles of universal concern (Study Guide). Over thirty years,...
Carol Shields

Carol Shields

female, deceased (2003)
Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, Canadian women writer, 1993 Governor General's Awards, The Stone Diaries, Women novelist, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction…Governor General's Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
Carol Ann Shields ,BA, MA, CC, OM, D.Litt., LL.D, FRSC (June 2, 1935 - July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for...
Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje

male, 66 years old
Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, poet, sri lankan, Booker Prize winner, the english patient, Queen's University alumni…writer, Governor General's Award winning poet, script writer, The English Patient writer
Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC,, (born 12 September, 1943) is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist and poet, perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning...
Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies

male, deceased (1995)
convert to Anglicanism, Canadian of Welsh descent, Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, criticism, Ontario writer, university of toronto
William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a...
Antonine Maillet

Antonine Maillet

female, 80 years old
Pélagie-la-Charrette, Member of the Order of New Brunswick, Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, New Brunswick writer, Royal Society of Canada, National Order of Quebec…Canadian writer in French, writer, Acadian writer
Antonine Maillet, PC, CC, OQ, ONB, LL.D, FRSC, (born May 10,1929) is a Canadian Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in...
Gabrielle Roy

Gabrielle Roy

female, deceased (1983)
Roman Catholic, Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, Franco-manitoban, Quebec writer, Companion of the Order of Canada, journalist…Canadian writer in French, Governor General's Award
Gabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC (March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author. Born in Saint Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, Roy was ed...
Timothy Findley

Timothy Findley

male, deceased (2002)
Tiffy, Governor General's Award winning dramatist, Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, Canada's Walk of Fame, Inductee of Canada's Walk of Fame, Officer of the Order of Canada…writer, Short story writer, Edgar Award winner, LGBT writer
Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O. Ont. (October 30, 1930 - June 21, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally...
Igor Gouzenko

Igor Gouzenko

male, deceased (1982)
Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, immigrant to Canada, Soviet immigrants to Canada, GRU officer, Russian, Espionage…writer
Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko (January 13, 1919, Rogachev, Soviet Union - June 28, 1982, Mississauga, Canada) was a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy...
Alice Munro

Alice Munro

female, 78 years old
Women short story writer, Canadian of English descent, Governor General's Awardwinningfictionwriter, Canadian women writer, Canadian of Scottish descent, Governor General's Award…Women writer, Short story writer
Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a t...