Elizabeth Brewster
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Elizabeth Winifred Brewster (born 26 August 1922) is a Canadian poet and academic.
Born in Chipman, New Brunswick, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick, a Master of Arts degree from Radcliffe College, a Bachelor of Library Science from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. She was a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan.
In 2001, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor.
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[edit] Selected bibliography
[edit] Poetry
- East Coast 1951
- Lillooet 1954
- Roads 1957
- Passage of Summer 1969
- Sunrise North 1972
- In Search of Eros 1974
- Sometimes I Think of Moving 1977
- The Way Home 1982
- Digging In 1982
- Selected Poems, 1944-1984 (2 volumes) 1985
- Entertaining Angels 1988
- Spring Again 1990
- Wheel of Change 1993
- Footnotes to the Book of Job 1995, shortlisted for the 1996 Governor General's Award
- Garden of Sculpture 1998
- On the Value Of Fantasies
[edit] Other Works
- The Sisters 1974
- It's Easy to Fall on the Ice 1977
- Junction 1982
- A House Full of Women 1983
- Visitations 1987
- The Invention of Truth 1991
- Away from Home 1995
[edit] References
- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved on June 9, 2006.
[edit] External links
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