Canadian Literature

Margaret Atwood Very much a feminist writer, Atwood has written many famous novels, including The Edible Woman and The Blind Assassin
Morley Callaghan The Loved and The Lost is a wonderful novel.
Robertson Davies Davies has written some incredible books. Most famous of all being The Deptford Trilogy, which includes Fifth Business, a book that I think is required reading in all Canadian schools.
Margaret Laurence She is by far my most favourite of Canadian authors. I had a chance to go to a book signing of hers when I was a child, and didn't. I'm still kicking myself for that one! Laurence spent the last years of her life living in Lakefield of all places. Her home has been made into a retreat for aspiring writers. Some of her novels include: The Stone Angel, The Diviners and A Jest of God.
Hugh MacLennan The title of MacLennan's book Two Solitudes has become a common phrase in Canada, describing the struggle between Qu�bec and the rest of Canada. Another fascinating book written by MacLennan is Barometer Rising, a story depicting the The Halifax Explosion
W.O. Mitchell Another required reading in most Canadian schools is Who Has Seen The Wind written by Mitchell. Global Television, in Canada, created a series based upon another of his novels, According to Jake and The Kid.
Lucy Maude Montgomery Probably the most famous of all Canadian authors, her Anne of Green Gables series has been published in countless languages around the world.
Alice Munro Munro is a brilliant writer of short stories, almost all dealing with women and their relationships with other women (ie mothers and sisters) as well as with men.
Michael Ondaatje This author is best known for his work, The English Patient, which was released as a blockbuster film in late 1996.
Carol Shields The Stone Diaries is a wonderful book! It took me the longest time to figure out that it was actually fiction, it was so well written as a biography.
Mordecai Richler Richler's most famous novel is The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. The movie of this novel was probably close to Richard Dreyfus' debut on the big screen, if not actually his debut.

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