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 Margaret Laurence: Canada's Divine Writer |
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Margaret Laurence was one of Canada's most esteemed and beloved writers. She is best known for her Manawaka novels — The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire Dwellers and The Diviners — which are considered classics of Canadian literature. Yet few know the facts of Laurence's extraordinary and sometimes difficult life. |
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 Margaret Laurence is born Jean Margaret Wemyss to Bob and Verna Wemyss in the town of Neepawa, Man. on July 18, 1926. (TV; runs 1:18) |
 In 1947, Margaret Wemyss marries Jack Laurence. Between 1950 and 1957, they live in Africa where their two children, Jocelyn and David, are born. In 1960 Laurence publishes her first novel. (Radio; runs 4:27) |
 Between 1963 and 1966, Laurence begins her celebrated Manawaka series with The Stone Angel and A Jest of God. (TV; runs 5:19) |
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 In 1969, Laurence returns to Canada after several years in England. She is now a famous Canadian novelist. (Radio; runs 28:21) |
 In the early 1970s Laurence moves to Lakefield, Ont. She also buys a small cabin on the Otonabee River where she writes The Diviners. (Radio; runs 7:55) |
 Fundamentalist Christians deem The Diviners "blasphemous" and "obscene," and pressure school boards to ban Laurence's novels. Several schools comply. (TV; runs 2:39) |
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 On Jan. 5, 1987, after months of coping with advanced lung cancer, Margaret Laurence takes her life. She is only 60. (TV; runs 4:12) |
 Canadians mourn the loss of Margaret Laurence. Across Canada, distinguished authors such as Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley and Alice Munro pay tribute to their friend and peer. (Radio; runs 5:52) |
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