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Margaret Laurence

Born

in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada

July 18, 1926

Died

January 05, 1987

Website

https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/50/impact/profiles/lau...

Influences

Dorothy Livesay, Hugh MacLennan, W.O Mitchell

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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. Aunt Margaret was a Mother to her, raising the kids in theirr maternal Grandfather's home.

Margaret wrote stories in elementary school. Her professional writing career began in 1943 with a job at the town newspaper and continued in 1944, when she entered the Honours English program at Winnipeg's United College (University Of Winnipeg.) After graduating in 1947, she was hired as a reporter for The Winnipeg Citizen. That year, she married Jack Laurence ...more

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Margaret Laurence’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 35,391 ratings · 1,784 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence, Adele Wiseman (Afterword) 3.78 avg rating — 13,437 ratings — published 1964 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Afterword ) 4.18 avg rating — 8,011 ratings — published 1974 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 3.96 avg rating — 3,449 ratings — published 1966 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bird in the House 3.95 avg rating — 2,929 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence, Sylvia Fraser (Afterword) 3.91 avg rating — 1,642 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Side Jordan 3.73 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1960 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tomorrow-Tamer 3.79 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1963 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prophet's Camel Bell 3.88 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1963 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dance on the Earth: A Memoir 4.09 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Olden Days Coat by Margaret Laurence, Muriel Wood (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Manawaka Sequence (5 books)
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Quotes by Margaret Laurence (?)

“So, if this were indeed my Final Hour, these would be my words to you. I would not claim to pass on any secret of life, for there is none, or any wisdom except the passionate plea of caring ... Try to feel, in your heart's core, the reality of others. This is the most painful thing in the world, probably, and the most necessary. In times of personal adversity, know that you are not alone. Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all of your fellow humans everywhere in the world. Know that your commitment is above all to life itself.”
― Margaret Laurence

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“What goes on inside isn't ever the same as what goes on outside.”
― Margaret Laurence, The Fire-Dwellers

tags: inner-life, reality

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“Where I'm going, anything may happen. Nothing may happen. Maybe I will marry a middle-aged widower, or a longshoreman, or a cattle-hoof-trimmer, or a barrister or a thief. And have my children in time. Or maybe not. Most of the chances are against it. But not, I think, quite all. What will happen? What will happen. It may be that my children will always be temporary, never to be held. But so are everyone's.

I may become, in time, slightly more eccentric all the time. I may begin to wear outlandish hats, feathered and sequinned and rosetted, and dangling necklaces made from coy and tiny seashells which I've gathered myself along the beach and painted coral-pink with nail polish. And all the kids will laugh, and I'll laugh, too, in time. I will be light and straight as any feather. The wind will bear me, and I will drift and settle, and drift and settle. Anything may happen, where I'm going.”
― Margaret Laurence, A Jest of God

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Who is your favorite Canadian author?
(If you're having a hard time deciding, you can name your favorites in the comments.)

Margaret Atwood

3 votes, 27.3%

Joseph Boyden

2 votes, 18.2%

Margaret Laurence

2 votes, 18.2%

Mary Lawson

1 vote, 9.1%

Kelley Armstrong

1 vote, 9.1%

Mavis Gallant (write-in)

1 vote, 9.1%

Robertson Davies

1 vote, 9.1%

Leona Gom

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Michael Poeltl

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William Deverell

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Ann-Marie MacDonald

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Gil Adamson

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André Alexis

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Lynn Coady

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Jane Urquhart

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Terry Fallis

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