Elizabeth Winifred BREWSTER

BREWSTER, Elizabeth Winifred, A.M., B.L.S., Ph.D., D.Lit.; poet; novelist; educator; b. Chipman, N.B. 1922; e. Sussex (N.B.) High Sch. 1942; Univ. of N.B., B.A. 1946, D.Lit. 1982; Radcliffe Coll. A.M. 1947; Kings Coll. Univ. of London 1949-50; Univ. of Toronto B.L.S. 1953; Ind. Univ. Ph.D. 1962; PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIV. OF SASK. 1990-- , Prof. of English 1980-90; served various libs. incl. Queen's Univ., Carleton Univ., Ind. Univ., Mount Allison, N.B. Legislative, Univ. of Alta.; teacher Victoria Univ. B.C. 1960-61; joined present Univ. 1972; author East Coast (poems) 1951; Lillooet (poem) 1954; Roads (poems) 1957; Passage of Summer (poems) 1969; Sunrise North (poems) 1972; In Search of Eros (poems) 1974; The Sisters (novel) 1974; Sometimes I Think of Moving (poems) 1977; It's Easy to Fall on the Ice (stories) 1977; The Way Home (poems) 1982; Digging In (poems) 1982; Junction (novel) 1982; A House Full of Women (stories) 1983; Selected Poems, 1944-1984 (2 vols.) 1985; Visitations (stories) 1987; Entertaining Angels (poems) 1988; Spring Again (poems) 1990; The Invention of Truth (stories & essays) 1991; Wheel of Change (poems) 1993; Away From Home (stories & essays) 1995; Footnotes to the Book of Job (poems) 1995; recipient E.J. Pratt Gold Medal and Prize Univ. of Toronto 1953; Univ. of W. Ont. Pres.'s Medal and Award for Poetry 1979; Can. Council Sr. Artists Awards Poetry 1971-72, 1976, 1978-79, 1985-86; CBC Award for Poetry 1991; Sask. Arts Bd., Award for Lifetime Excellence in the Arts 1995; short-listed, Gov. Gen.'s Award for Poetry 1996; Life mem., League Cdn. Poets; mem., Writers Union Can.; Sask. Writers Guild; Assn. Cdn. Univ. Teachers Eng.; Assn. Cdn. & Que. Lit.; Cdn. Assn. Commonwealth Lit. & Lang. Studies; PEN Internat.; Home: Saskatoon, Sask.; Office: Saskatoon, Sask.