Margaret Laurance
... Throughout her life, Laurence had been lionized by the public and revered by many as a predominant shaper of post-war Canadian literature, setting the pace for other Canadian women like Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro. ... In the last decade of her life Margaret Laurence turned her talent and passion to the cause of peace and the environment. ... She began writing professionally in 1943 when she got a summer job as a reporter for the town newspaper Margaret Laurence accepted the position of writer in residence at the University of Toronto in 1969. ... Margaret Laurence was the recipient of numerous literary awards and honourary degrees. ... Novice artists and writers were no strangers to Margaret Laurence. ... Margaret Laurence died of cancer in January 1987 and was interred in Neepawa.