E. M. Granger Bennett

E. M. Granger Bennett
Born Ethel Mary Granger
England
Died April 19, 1988
Toronto, Ontario
Occupation novelist, non-fiction
Nationality Canadian
Period 1950s-1960s
Notable works Short of the Glory
Spouse Harold Bennett

Ethel Mary (E. M.) Granger Bennett (died April 19, 1988)[1] was a Canadian writer, best known for her Ryerson Fiction Award-winning novel Short of the Glory.[2]

Born in England as Ethel Mary Granger, she was raised in Collingwood, Ontario.[3] After completing high school, she spent several years teaching in a small two-room elementary school near Collingwood, and writing for the local newspaper, to save money to attend the University of Toronto.[3] She graduated from the university's Victoria College in 1915 with a degree in modern languages.[3] After World War I, she married academic Harold Bennett, who would later go on to become president of Victoria College[2] and Laurentian University.[3]

Bennett taught languages, including French and German, at various institutions including the University of Toronto and the Ontario Ladies' College.[1] She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1931.[1]

She published three historical fiction novels: Land for Their Inheritance (1955), A Straw in the Wind (1958) and Short of the Glory (1960).[3] All three novels dealt with the settlement and development of New France.[3]

Later in life, she took a doctorate in sacred literature from Victoria College.[3]

She died on April 19, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, at age 96 according to The Globe and Mail[3] or 97 according to the Toronto Star.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Author Ethel Bennett was 'early feminist'". Toronto Star, April 22, 1988.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ryerson Fiction Award Winner". Ottawa Journal. March 26, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 21, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Obituary: Ethel M. Granger Bennett; Former college lecturer wrote historical fiction". The Globe and Mail, April 23, 1988.