Gwendolyn macewen biography
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Remembering Gwendolyn MacEwen
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“If it is permissible or even possible to apply a single adjective to the aim of Gwendolyn MacEwen’s writing, then the most accurate word would be explorative,” writes J. L. Bartley in his preface to Invocations, a commentary on MacEwen’s poetry and prose. “All of her publications to date have been concerned with a quest for a particular knowledge or vision and, consequently, with the communication of such knowledge to her audience.”
In other words, the Canadian poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987) was a writer who didn’t just write about what she knew but also what she wanted to know. This is reflected in a writing style that was celebrated by fellow Canadian author Margaret Atwood (best known for The Handmaid’s Tale), who knew MacEwen personally.
In the span of MacEwen’s illustrious career as a poet, novelist, and self-disciplined researcher, this extended to anything and everything from Ancient Egyptian mythology to folk magic, from Gnosticism—the study of first-century CE Jewish and Christian practices—to the Arabic language, from global politics to private intensities. Everything.
But she did far more than just research and write. She tr
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Gwendolyn MacEwen
Gwendolyn MacEwen (ur. 1 września1941 w Toronto, zm. 30 listopada1987 tamże) – kanadyjska pisarka anglojęzyczna.
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[edytuj | edytuj kod]W wieku 17 lat opublikowała swój pierwszy poemat w "The Canadian Forum". Porzuciła szkołę na krótko przed ukończeniem, w 1961 własnym sumptem wydała dwie swoje prace, Selah i The Drunken Clock. W lutym 1962 poślubiła poetę Miltona Acorna, jednak małżeństwo to rozpadło się już w listopadzie 1962. W 1963 opublikowała swój pierwszy duży zbiór wierszy, The Rising Fire, i ukończyła swoją pierwszą powieść, Julian the Magician. W 1969 ukazał się kolejny zbiór jej wierszy, The Shadow-Maker, który, podobnie jak wydany w 1987 Afterworlds, łączył magiczno-mistyczną wizję z konkretem historycznym - ujmując rozważania nad ukrytą siłą kierującą losem świata i jednostki w wyszukaną formę. W 1971 napisała powieść King of Egypt, King of Dreams, w 1982 opublikowała zbiór wierszy The T.E. Lawrence Poems, który zyskał największe uznanie z jej twórczości. Poza tym tłumaczyła literaturę, głównie grecką. W 1977 została odznaczona Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.
Bibliografia
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Introducer - Roy Kiyooka
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