Laura Salverson

Laura Goodman Salverson (1890-1970), born in Winnipeg to Icelandic parents who had come from Bolungarvík in 1887, is the daughter of a literate saddler who wrote in the city's Icelandic newspapers. Married in 1913 to a railway employee, she follows his postings from one western town to another and writes between moves. She twice received the Governor General's Award, in 1937 for a novel and in 1939 for her autobiography, and denounced the loss of their culture by immigrants. She dies in Toronto.

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• NovelThe Viking HeartLaura Salverson · 1923Literature