Marian Engel (May 24, 1933–February 16, 1985) was a Canadian novelist whose feminist approach made her one of Canada's foremost modern writers. Jump to: navigation, search May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...

Born Marian Searle in Toronto, Ontario, she was educated at McMaster University and McGill University, where she wrote her Masters thesis on the English Canadian novel, under the supervision of Hugh MacLennan. She taught briefly at McGill and at the University of Montana. She married Howard Engel in 1962, and began to raise a family and pursue a writing career. Her first published novel, No Clouds of Glory, was published in 1968. Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Jump to: navigation, search McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 16,771 full-time and 3,599 part-time students (as of 2004). ... Jump to: navigation, search McGill University is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational, international university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... John Hugh MacLennan (March 20, 1907 - November 7, 1990) was a Canadian author and Professor of English at McGill University. ... University of Montana The University of Montana campus, 1999. ... Howard Engel (born April 2, 1931) is a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer. ...

Engel's most famous and controversial novel was Bear (1976), a tale of erotic love between a librarian and a bear which won the Governor General's Award that year. She also wrote a number of children's books. Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, see Bear (disambiguation). ... Each winner of the 1976 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...

Her other works included: The Honeyman Festival (1970), Monodromos (1974), Easter Egg (1975), The Glassy Sea (1979), Lunatic Villas (1981), The Tattooed Woman (1985), Joanne, The Year of the Child and Sunbeams from a Golden Machine.

In 1982 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Membership in the Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, They desire a better country. ...

After Engel's death in 1985, the Writer's Development Trust of Canada instituted the Marian Engel Award, which is presented annually to a woman writer in mid-career. The Marian Engel Award is presented each year by the Writers Trust of Canada in memory of the Canadian writer Marian Engel. ...