Laura Salverson

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Laura Salverson
Born	Laura Goodman (1890-12-09)December 9, 1890 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Died	July 13, 1970(1970-07-13) (aged 79) Toronto, Ontario
Genres	Novel

Laura Goodman Salverson (née Goodman) (December 9, 1890 – July 13, 1970) was a Canadian author.^[1]

She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,^[1] the daughter of Lárus Guðmundsson and Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir who immigrated to Winnipeg in 1887 from Grundir in Bolungarvík, Iceland. She married George Salverson in 1913.

Selected bibliography

The Viking Heart (1923)
When Sparrows Fall (1925)
Wayside Gleams (1925)
Land of the Silver Dragons (1927)
The Dark Weaver: Against the Sombre Background of the Old Generations Flame the Scarlet Banners of the New (1937), winner of a 1937 Governor General's Award
Confessions of an Immigrant’s Daughter (1939), winner of a 1939 Governor General's Award
Immortal Rock: The Saga of the Kensington Stone (1954), winner of the 1954 Ryerson Fiction Award

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Laura Salverson in The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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Persondata
Name	Salverson, Laura
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian writer
Date of birth	December 9, 1890
Place of birth	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Date of death	July 13, 1970
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario

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