Edna Alford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Edna Alford

Canadian author and editor

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1947

Place of Birth: Turtleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Edna Alford

  • Edna Alford (born 19 November 1947 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author and editor.
  • She was a graduate of Adam Bowden Collegiate, Saskatoon, and got scholarships to attend the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts.
  • Some of her teachers include; Jack Hodgins , W.
  • P.
  • Kinsella , Rudy Wiebe , and Robert Kroetsch .
  • She majored in English at the University of Saskatchewan, and worked summers at hospitals and nursing homes for the chronically ill.
  • As a writer she is known for the collections "A Sleep Full of Dreams and The Garden of Eloise Loon".
  • She has also won the Marian Engel Award and the Gerald Lampert Award.
  • As an editor she co-founded the magazine Dandelion and edited fiction for Grain from 1985–1990.
  • Edna was born to George and Edith Sample and was the second eldest of the children aside from brother Stanley.
  • She also has brothers Lorne (deceased) and Gregory as well as a younger sister Beth.
  • Edna is currently married to internationally known theoretical mathematician Richard Cushman.

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