CA-K193Culture & sport

Margaret Laurence and Manawaka

Margaret Laurence House in Neepawa, Manitoba, photographed in 2012. Neepawa - Margaret Laurence House 3 · Amqui · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Margaret Laurence (1926–1987), one of Canada’s most esteemed authors, set her best-known novels in the fictional prairie town of Manawaka, with characters such as Hagar Shipley of The Stone Angel. She said Neepawa, Manitoba, where she lived from 1935 to 1944, shaped her “way of viewing,” and she helped found the Writers’ Trust of Canada and the Writers’ Union of Canada.

Scope & context

Her literary significance, not a full bibliography or biography.

Sources behind this record

Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text