Gwendolyn MacEwen (September 1, 1941-November 29, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and poet. During her lifetime. she wrote 26 books. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

MacEwen was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her first poem was published in The Canadian Forum when she was only 17, and she left school at 18 to pursue a writing career. She married poet Milton Acorn in 1962, although they divorced two years later. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Milton Acorn (March 30, 1923 - August 20, 1986), nicknamed The Peoples Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

MacEwen won the Governor General's Award in 1969 for her poetry collection The Shadow Maker. She won her second Governor General's Award in 1987 for Afterworlds. Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

MacEwen was regarded as one of Canada's greatest poets, whose work was visionary, witty and drew readily on themes and images of magic and mythology. The ancient symbol of the pentagram is often used as a symbol for magic. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from μυολογειν mythologein to relate myths, from μυος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λογος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the...

She served as Writer in Residence at the University of Western Ontario in 1985, and the University of Toronto in 1986 and 1987. The University of Western Ontario is a public, non-denominational university located in London, Ontario, Canada. ... This article is about the year. ... Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

MacEwen died in 1987, at the age of 46, of health problems related to alcoholism. Rosemary Sullivan published a biography of MacEwen, Shadow Maker, in 1998. As well, a park in Toronto has been named in her honour. Alcoholism is a multifactorial condition based upon possibly both genetic and environmental factors which is best explained as a continued detrimental use of alcohol or other sedatives despite ones best interest. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Works

• Selah (1961)
• The Drunken Clock (1961)
• The Rising Fire (1963)
• Julian the Magician (1963, novel)
• A Breakfast for Barbarians (1966)
• The Shadow-Maker (1969)
• King of Egypt, King of Dreams (1971, novel)
• Noman (1972, short fiction)
• The Armies of the Moon (1972)
• Magic Animals: Selected Poems Old and New (1974)
• Mermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer (1978, travel)
• The Chocolate Moose (1979, children's)
• The Trojan Women (1979, adaptation of the play by Euripides)
• The Fire-Eaters (1982)
• The T. E. Lawrence Poems (1982)
• The Honey Drum (1983)
• Noman's Land (1985, novel)
• Earth-Light: Selected Poetry 1963-1982 (1982)
• The Man with Three Violins HMS Press (1986)
• Afterworlds (1987)
• Dragon Sandwiches (1987, children's)

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External links

• http://www.ccca.ca/history/ozz/english/authors/macewen_gwendolyn.html
• http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/macewen/