Gabrielle Roy

Gabrielle Roy

female, deceased (1983)
Roman Catholic, Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, Franco-manitoban, Quebec writer, Companion of the Order of Canada, journalist…LornePierceMedal
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...
E. J. Pratt

E. J. Pratt

male, deceased (1964)
Viola Whitney Pratt, Pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador, From newfoundland, from Newfoundland and Labrador, university of toronto, Canadian…LornePierceMedal
Edwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC (February 4, 1882 - April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was a Canadian poet from Newfoundland. Born in...
Duncan Campbell Scott

Duncan Campbell Scott

male, deceased (1947)
Civil Servant, piano, Canadian, confederation, canadian confederation, pianist…LornePierceMedal
Duncan Campbell Scott (August 2 1862-December 19 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman...
A. M. Klein

A. M. Klein

male, deceased (1972)
The McGilliad, Quebec writer, David Lewis, New Democratic Party, Royal Society of Canada, Quebec author…LornePierceMedal
Abraham Moses Klein (14 February 1909 - 20 August 1972) was a Canadian author. Born in Ratno, Ukraine, in 1910 his family emigrated to Montreal,...
A. J. M. Smith

A. J. M. Smith

male, deceased (1980)
Michigan State University, poet, McGill University alumni, university of edinburgh, Canadian, mcgill university…LornePierceMedal
Arthur James Marshall Smith was a Canadian poet. Born in Montreal, he became a student at McGill University. While a student there in 1925 he...
Rudy Wiebe

Rudy Wiebe

male, 75 years old
Canadian Mennonites, Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, Mennonites, Mennonite Brethren Church, LornePierceMedal, Russian Mennonite
Rudy Henry Wiebe is a Canadian author and professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992. Wiebe was born...
Antonine Maillet

Antonine Maillet

female, 80 years old
Pélagie-la-Charrette, Member of the Order of New Brunswick, Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, New Brunswick writer, Royal Society of Canada, National Order of Quebec…LornePierceMedal
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...
Sheila Watson

Sheila Watson

female, deceased (1998)
novelist, writer, university of toronto, University of British Columbia, Canadian, university of alberta…LornePierceMedal
Sheila Watson (born Sheila Doherty on October 24, 1909, at New Westminster, British Columbia, died on February 1, 1998 at Nanaimo, British...
Audrey Alexandra Brown

Audrey Alexandra Brown

female, deceased (1998)
Canadian women writer, Order of Canada, Canadian, Nanaimo, Officer of the Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada…LornePierceMedal
Audrey Alexandra Brown (29 October 1904 - 20 September 1998) was a Canadian poet. Brown was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia In 1944, she was the...
Rina Lasnier

Rina Lasnier

female, deceased (1997)
Quebec writer, Playwright, Canadian women writer, Québécoise, Universite de Montreal, Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec…LornePierceMedal
Rina Lasnier was a Québécoise poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montr...