Hungry Spirit
- Publisher
- NeWest Press
- Initial publish date
- May 1992
- Category
- Canadian, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780920897195
- Publish Date
- May 1992
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
In this collection spanning twenty years of her writing, Elsie Park Gowan explores such topics as child care, womens rights, and other social issues. The Hungry Spirit also features a colourful collection of interviews with the playwright.
About the author
Born in Scotland in 1905, Elsie Park Gowan moved to Edmonton with her family in 1912. She graduated from the University of Alberta in 1930 and worked as a teacher for three years in rural Alberta before getting married and returning to Edmonton, where she became very active in the local theatre scene as an actor, teacher and playwright.
Though she wrote over 200 dramatic pieces most of which were produced professionally and broadcast nationally and internationally on the CBC this anthology marks the first comprehensive publication of her work.