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Margaret Laurence House

Margaret Laurence House is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Neepawa, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 3l2 First Avenue, Neepawa · location approximate

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Margaret Laurence, an internationally renowned author, was born and raised in Neepawa. After graduating in l947 from Winnipeg's United College, she worked as a reporter with the Winnipeg Citizen. Her years in Africa during the l950s inspired her first novel, This Side Jordan (l96l), which met with critical acclaim. Neepawa provided the setting for five later novels set in the fictional prairie town of Manawaka. Vivid prairie imagery and assertion of human dignity suffuse these works. Laurence received two Governor-General's awards for fiction and became a Companion of the Order of Canada in l97l. Laurence lived here in her grandfather's house from l935 to l944. Built ca. l894, the house, and her grandfather John Simpson, figured prominently in the Manawaka novels. The house was purchased in l986 by the Margaret Laurence Home Committee and is dedicated to the literary career of "The First Lady of Manawaka."

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Auteure de renommée internationale, Margaret Laurence est née et a grandi à Neepawa. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme du Winnipeg’s United College en 1947, elle a travaillé comme journaliste au Winnipeg Citizen. L’année qu’elle a passée en Afrique dans les années 1950 a servi d’inspiration pour son premier roman, This Side Jordan (1961), qui a été accueilli favorablement par la critique. Cinq de ses romans ultérieurs se déroulent dans une ville fictive des Prairies, Manawaka, inspirée par sa ville natale de Neepawa. Les œuvres de Margaret Laurence présentent un portrait réaliste des Prairies et affirment la dignité humaine. Margaret Laurence a reçu à deux reprises le Prix du Gouverneur général attribué à un roman et est devenue Compagnon de l’Ordre du Canada en 1971. Mme Laurence a habité ici, dans la maison de son grand-père, de 1935 à 1944. La maison construite vers 1894, et le grand-père de Margaret Laurence, jouent un rôle important dans les romans de Manawaka. La maison a été achetée en 1986 par le Margaret Laurence Home Committee et est dédiée à la carrière littéraire de la « grande dame de Manawaka ».

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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