Sandra Djwa
Sandra Djwa | |
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| Born | April 16, 1939[citation needed] St. John's, Newfoundland,Canada |
| Occupation | Biographer, scholar |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia,Vancouver |
| Period | 1968–present |
| Genre | Biography |
| Spouse | Peter Djwa Djing Kioe |
| Children | 1 son |
Sandra DjwaCMFRSC(born April 16, 1939) is a Canadian writer, critic and cultural biographer. Originally fromNewfoundland,she moved toBritish Columbiawhere she obtained her PhD from theUniversity of British Columbiain 1968. In 1999, she was honored to deliver the Garnett Sedgewick Memorial Lecture in honor of the department's 80th anniversary.[1]She taught Canadian literature in the English department atSimon Fraser Universityfrom 1968 to 2005 when she retired as J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar, Humanities. She was part of a seventies movement to establish the study of Canadian literature and, in 1973, cofounded theAssociation for Canadian and Québec Literatures(ACQL). She was Chair of the inaugural meeting of ACQL. She initiated textual studies of the poems ofE. J. Prattin the eighties, was editor of Poetry, "Letters in Canada" for theUniversity of Toronto Quarterly(1980-4), and Chair of Canadian Heads and Chairs of English (1989).
She is best known for articles on Canadian poets like Margaret Atwood and for her biographies of distinguished Canadians includingF.R. Scott,andRoy Daniells.[2]A biography of the poetPK Page,Journey With No Maps,was released in 2012. Djwa's biography of Scott was shortlisted for theHubert Evans Prizein 1988[3]and a French translation, "F.R. Scott: Une vie," was shortlisted for theGovernor-General's Awardin French Translation in 2002. That same year, the biography of Roy Daniells was awarded theLorne PierceGold medal for literature from the Royal Society of Canada.[4]
Djwa was named to the Order of Canada in 2020[5]for her contributions to the fields of Canadian literature and Canadian literary criticism.[6]
She has also edited and introduced other books, including the memoirs ofCarl F. Klinck,first editor of "The Literary History of Canada". In 1981 she was awarded aKillam Senior Fellowship,[7]in 1994 elected to theRoyal Society of Canada,and in 1999 the Trimark Award for Mentoring.[8]In 2002, Djwa was awarded an honorary degree fromMemorial University,[9]Newfoundland. She is now a general editor of the "Collected Works of P.K. Page".
The biography ofPK Page,Journey With No Mapswas released in the fall of 2012 byMcGill-Queen's University Press.It was shortlisted[10]for the 2013Charles Taylor Prizefor Literary Non-Fiction. It also won the 2013 Governor General Award for Non-fiction.[11]
She gave the convocation speech and received the honorary Doctor of Lettershonoris causa fromMcGill University, in Arts and Religious Studies, June 2016.[12]
Books
[edit]- Professing English: A Life of Roy Daniells.Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 2002
- F.R. Scott: Une vie,translation ofF.R. Scott: The Politics of the Imagination,trans. Florence Bernard. Montreal: Editions du Boréal, publication 15 November 2001.
- Sandra Djwa, W.J. Keith, and Zailig Pollock, eds.Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt,with an introduction by Sandra Djwa. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
- Monograph:Professing English at UBC: The Legacy of Roy Daniells and Garnett Sedgewick.The 1999 Garnett Sedgewick Memorial Lecture. Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2000.
- Giving Canada a Literary History: A Memoir by Carl F. Klinck,ed. Sandra Djwa. Ottawa/London: Carleton University Press for University of Western Ontario, 1991.
- Complete Poems of E. J. Pratt: A Definitive Edition,two vols., eds. Sandra Djwa and Gordon Moyles with introduction, annotations, variants, unpublished verse, and textual notes. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989.
- The Politics of the Imagination: A Life of F.R. Scott.Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1987.
- Paperback:The Politics of the Imagination: A Life of F.R. Scott.Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1989.
- On F.R. Scott: Essays on His Contributions to Law, Literature and Politics,eds. Sandra Djwa and R.St.J. MacDonald. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983.
- Saul and Selected Poetry of Charles Heavysege,ed. Sandra Djwa with introduction, bibliography, and notes (Literature of Canada: Poetry in Reprint). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976.
- E. J. Pratt: The Evolutionary Vision.Toronto/Montreal: Copp Clark/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1974.
Educational background
[edit]1968 Ph.D. English, University of British Columbia, Canada "The Continuity of English Canadian Poetry"
1964 B.Ed. Honours English (First Class), University of British Columbia, Canada
References
[edit]- ^Simon Fraser University News Article Feb 1999
- ^Description of books
- ^BC Book Prize Listing 1988, Accessed Oct 20th, 2011
- ^Royal Society of Canada Lorne Pierce Listing 2002Archived2012-03-13 at theWayback Machine
- ^Governor General Website
- ^SFU article 2020
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-25.Retrieved2011-10-21.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Killam Trust listing of Djwa - ^SFU article Feb 1999
- ^Memorial Listing of Djwa
- ^Vancouver Sun Article
- ^"Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-11-16.Retrieved2013-11-14.Canada Council Website
- ^"Honorary degree recipients announced: McGill Reporter".publications.mcgill.ca.Retrieved2016-06-07.
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- 1939 births
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian feminist writers
- Canadian literary critics
- Canadian women literary critics
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Living people
- Canadian women biographers
- Writers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 21st-century Canadian biographers
- Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers
- Canadian women non-fiction writers
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Writers from Vancouver