Margaret Laurence

Margaret Laurence was born Jean Margaret Wemyss on 18 July 1926 in Neepawa, Manitoba. She graduated with a B.A. in English from United College (now the University of Winnipeg) and became a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen. In 1949, Laurence moved to England with her husband and then to Africa, returning to Canada in 1957. In 1962, she left her husband and moved back to England and didn't return to Canada until the early 1970s. In 1986, Laurence was diagnosed with lung cancer and she committed suicide at her home in Lakefield, Ontario on 5 January 1987.

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Books by Margaret Laurence

	1954 A Tree for Poverty
	1960 This Side Jordan
	1963 The Tomorrow-Tamer
	1963 The Prophet's Camel Bell
	1964 The Stone Angel Hagar Shipley's life has been long and interesting but she is certainly not ready for a nursing home, no matter what her family thinks.
	1966 A Jest of God
	1968 Long Drums and Cannons
	1969 The Fire-Dwellers
	1970 A Bird in the House Eight connected short stories, featuring Vanessa MacLeod and set in Manawaka, Manitoba.
	1970 Jason's Quest
	1974 The Diviners
	1976 Heart of a Stranger
	1979 Six Darn Cows
	1979 The Olden Days Coat
	1980 A Christmas Birthday Story
	1989 Dance on the Earth

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