Margaret Laurence: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Jean Margaret Laurence • Jean Margaret Wemys
Born	July 18, 1926 • Canada
Died	January 5, 1987 (aged 60) • Canada
Notable Works	“A Jest of God” • “Heart of a Stranger” • “The Fire Dwellers” • “The Prophet’s Camel Bell” • “The Stone Angel” • “This Side Jordan”

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Margaret Atwood

Canadian author

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American-born Canadian writer and photographer

Anne Carson

Anne Carson

Canadian poet

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Alice Munro

Canadian author

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Alistair MacLeod

Canadian author and educator

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American-born author

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Robertson Davies

Canadian author

Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland

Canadian journalist and novelist

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Rohinton Mistry

Indian-born Canadian writer

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Timothy Findley

Canadian author

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Audrey Thomas

Canadian author

Mordecai Richler.

Mordecai Richler

Canadian novelist

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Jack Ludwig

Canadian author

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A.E. Van Vogt

Canadian-American author

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Isabella Valancy Crawford

Canadian poet

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Morley Callaghan

Canadian author

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Canadian author

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James Crerar Reaney

Canadian writer

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

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James Joyce

Irish author