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Mazo de la Roche and the Jalna novels

Mazo de la Roche photographed by M. O. Hammond on 18 December 1927 (Archives of Ontario).
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Mazo de la Roche (1879–1961), born in Newmarket, Ontario, won the Atlantic Monthly prize in 1927 for Jalna, the first of sixteen novels about the Whiteoak family. Translated into many languages and adapted for stage, screen and television, the series made her one of the most widely read Canadian authors of her time.

Scope & context

Her literary significance, not a full bibliography.

Sources behind this record

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Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961) National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text