Gloria Sawai

Gloria Sawai
Born Gloria Ruth Ostrem
(1932-12-20)20 December 1932
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died 20 July 2011(2011-07-20) (aged 78)
Occupation author
Language English
Nationality Canada
Notable awards Governor General's Literary

Gloria Sawai (20 December 1932 – 20 July 2011), born Gloria Ruth Ostrem in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an American-born fiction author, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She died on 20 July 2011.[1]

In early childhood, she moved with her family to Saskatchewan, then in her youth to Alberta. Her father was a Lutheran minister.[2]

Education

Awards and recognition

References

  1. "GG Award-winning Edmonton author Gloria Sawai dies". Winnipeg Free Press. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. Babiak, Todd (23 July 2011). "City writer made everything strange and beautiful". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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