Biography & Autobiography Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Saskatchewan Writers
Lives Past and Present
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2004
- Category
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Cultural Heritage, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889771635
- Publish Date
- Jul 2004
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
The more than 175 biographies in this volume together tell the story of writing in Saskatchewan. As David Carpenter notes in his introduction to the volume: "The writers whose lives are told in these pages are part of an extraordinary cultural community that has touched and been touched by the people and landscape of this province."
About the author
While growing up, Heather Hodgson (of Cree ancestry on her mother’s side) was told many stories about her great uncle Edward Ahenakew from her late mother and extended Ahenakew and Pratt families. She is the editor of Seventh Generation: Contemporary Native Writing, The Great Gift of Tears, and Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Past and Present. She currently resides in Regina, Saskatchewan.