| 词条 | Laura Salverson |
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| name = Laura Salverson | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Laura Goodman | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|12|9}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|7|13|1890|12|9}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Novel | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} Laura Goodman Salverson (December 9, 1890 – July 13, 1970) was a Canadian author.[1] Her work reflected her Icelandic heritage. Two of her books won Governor General's awards for literature. Early lifeSalverson was born Laura Goodman 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. CareerWhile a young housewife and mother, Salverson began writing poetry. Several of her poems were published by local newspapers.[2] In 1923 Salverson published her first novel. The Viking Heart.[3] She went on to write several novels based on Icelandic sagas and themes. Many of the characters in her stories were Scandinavian and German.[4] Salverson wrote about her experiences with poverty and racial prejudice.[5] Her writings reflected her belief that Icelandic immigrants to Canada should maintain and support their Icelandic culture.[6] In 1939 she wrote an autobiography.[7] Selected bibliography
References1. ^1 [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/laura-salverson/ Laura Salverson] in The Canadian Encyclopedia. {{Governor General's English fiction}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Salverson, Laura}}2. ^{{cite book|author=Merna Forster|title=Canadian Heroines 2-Book Bundle: 100 Canadian Heroines / 100 More Canadian Heroines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJM8BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT210|date=12 November 2014|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-4597-3087-8|page=210}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=George Melnyk|title=The Literary History of Alberta: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tTFXX4Zjz0sC&pg=PA103|year=1998|publisher=University of Alberta|isbn=978-0-88864-296-7|pages=103–}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Terrence Craig|title=Racial Attitudes in English-Canadian Fiction, 1905-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kM3fAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT52|date=30 October 2010|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=978-1-55458-661-5|page=52}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Julie Rak|title=Auto/biography in Canada: Critical Directions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNjfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA261|date=2 August 2009|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=978-1-55458-771-1|page=22}} 6. ^{{cite book|author=Daisy Neijmann|title=Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters: The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpakZMkbFQcC&pg=PA183|year=1997|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-88629-317-8|page=183}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Norah Story|title=The Oxford companion to Canadian history and literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1biAAAAMAAJ|date=June 1967|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=744}} 9 : 1890 births|1970 deaths|20th-century Canadian novelists|Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers|Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers|Canadian women novelists|Writers from Winnipeg|20th-century Canadian women writers|Canadian women non-fiction writers |
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