Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996)
Auteur van The Self-Completing Tree
Over de Auteur
Dorothy Livesay was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on October 12, 1909. Educated at the University of Toronto and the Sorbonne, she worked in left politics during the 1930s. As a teacher, she worked in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) from 1959 to 1963. She then taught as a writer-in-residence at a number toon meer of universities, including the University of Alberta, the University of Victoria, and St. John's College, University of Manitoba. Besides being a professor, she also worked as a journalist, and editor. Livesay was the founder and first editor of CVII and a founding member of the League of Canadian Poets. The B.C. book prize for poetry is named in her honour. She won the Governor General's Literary Award in the poetry category in 1944 for Day And Night, and again in 1947 for Poems for People. Livesay was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1987. Livesay died in 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Dorothy Livesay
Eight men speak, and other plays from the Canadian workers' theatre (1976) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren
Archive For Our Times: Previously Uncollected and Unpublished Poems of Dorothy Livesay (1998) 7 exemplaren
The Husband 1 exemplaar
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In Her Own Words: Women's Memoirs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States (1999) — Medewerker — 26 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Livesay, Dorothy Kathleen May
- Geboortedatum
- 1909-10-09
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1996-12-29
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Plaats van overlijden
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Montréal, Québec, Canada
New Jersey, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Zambia - Opleiding
- University of Toronto
Sorbonne - Beroepen
- poet
- Relaties
- Macnair, Peter L. (son)
Livesay, John Frederick Bligh (father)
Livesay, Florence Randal (mother) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Lorne Pierce Medal (1947)
Order of Canada
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- 150
- Populariteit
- #138,700
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- 3.8
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- 31
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