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The introduction of author
Personal life
Her major works Characters of her works Awards
Margaret Laurence
（1926-1987）
Personal life
尼帕瓦，马尼托巴
Personal life
Thank you
运用女性写作方式 ,刻画出一群执著探求存 在意义及自我价值的女性形象 ,并以此来挑 战以男性视角为中心的文学传统。
Awards
two Governor General’s Awards（总督 奖） for her novels A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974).
In 1986, Laurence was diagnosed with lung cancer. She committed suicide at her home on January 5, 1987.
Two periods of her writing life
According to her life experience in Africa
At the age of 4, her mother died and her father died of pneumonia（肺炎） when she was 9. She raised from then on by her aunt/stepmother. In 1944, she attended Winnipeg‘s United College . She wrote for the student newspaper and became involved with the “Old Left“(老左派：支 持共产主义的人） socialist reform group. in 1947, she graduated.
Her major works
Series of Manawaka（马纳瓦卡）novels
The Loon《潜鸟》 The Stone Angle 《石头天使》 A Jest of God 《上帝的玩笑》 The fire dwellers 《火中人》 A bird in the house 《屋中的小鸟》 The Diviners 《占卜者》
In 1962, she moved to London for a year. She then moved to Elm Cottage (Penn, Buckinghamshire) where she lived for more than ten years. in 1969, she became writer in residence（在 职作家）at the University of Toronto. From 1981 to 1983, Laurence served as Chancellor of Trent University（川特大学） in Peterborough.
Back to Canada
In 1952, Laurence gave birth to daughter Jocelyn during a leave in England. in 1955，her son David was born in the Gold Coast. in 1957，the family left the Gold Coast just before it gained independence as Ghana, and move to Vancouver（温哥华）where they stayed for five years.
According to the background of imaginary Manawaka（马纳瓦卡）in the western part of Canada
Her major works
works about Africa A Tree for Poverty 《贫穷树》 Travelogue: The prophet camel bell 《先知的驼铃》 First novel: This side jordon 《约旦河此岸》 Short Stories ：The tomorrow tamer 《驯服明天者》
Leabharlann Baidu
Characters of works:
she depicts a group of women dedicated to exploring the meaning of existence and self-worth of women and challenges the male-centered literary traditional perspective.
Life in Africa
Husband: Jack Laurence (an engineer) His job took them to England (1949), the then-British protectorate of British Somaliland (1950–1952), as well as the British colony of the Gold Coast (1952–1957). Laurence developed an admiration for Africa and of its various populations, which found expression in her writing.
Personal life
Her major works Characters of her works Awards
Margaret Laurence
（1926-1987）
Personal life
尼帕瓦，马尼托巴
Personal life
Thank you
运用女性写作方式 ,刻画出一群执著探求存 在意义及自我价值的女性形象 ,并以此来挑 战以男性视角为中心的文学传统。
Awards
two Governor General’s Awards（总督 奖） for her novels A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974).
In 1986, Laurence was diagnosed with lung cancer. She committed suicide at her home on January 5, 1987.
Two periods of her writing life
According to her life experience in Africa
At the age of 4, her mother died and her father died of pneumonia（肺炎） when she was 9. She raised from then on by her aunt/stepmother. In 1944, she attended Winnipeg‘s United College . She wrote for the student newspaper and became involved with the “Old Left“(老左派：支 持共产主义的人） socialist reform group. in 1947, she graduated.
Her major works
Series of Manawaka（马纳瓦卡）novels
The Loon《潜鸟》 The Stone Angle 《石头天使》 A Jest of God 《上帝的玩笑》 The fire dwellers 《火中人》 A bird in the house 《屋中的小鸟》 The Diviners 《占卜者》
In 1962, she moved to London for a year. She then moved to Elm Cottage (Penn, Buckinghamshire) where she lived for more than ten years. in 1969, she became writer in residence（在 职作家）at the University of Toronto. From 1981 to 1983, Laurence served as Chancellor of Trent University（川特大学） in Peterborough.
Back to Canada
In 1952, Laurence gave birth to daughter Jocelyn during a leave in England. in 1955，her son David was born in the Gold Coast. in 1957，the family left the Gold Coast just before it gained independence as Ghana, and move to Vancouver（温哥华）where they stayed for five years.
According to the background of imaginary Manawaka（马纳瓦卡）in the western part of Canada
Her major works
works about Africa A Tree for Poverty 《贫穷树》 Travelogue: The prophet camel bell 《先知的驼铃》 First novel: This side jordon 《约旦河此岸》 Short Stories ：The tomorrow tamer 《驯服明天者》
Leabharlann Baidu
Characters of works:
she depicts a group of women dedicated to exploring the meaning of existence and self-worth of women and challenges the male-centered literary traditional perspective.
Life in Africa
Husband: Jack Laurence (an engineer) His job took them to England (1949), the then-British protectorate of British Somaliland (1950–1952), as well as the British colony of the Gold Coast (1952–1957). Laurence developed an admiration for Africa and of its various populations, which found expression in her writing.