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Canadian poet and novelist (1941–1987)

Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen (1 September 1941 – 29 November 1987) was a Canadian poet and novelist. A "sophisticated, wide ranging and thoughtful writer," Gwendolyn MacEwen grew up in the High Park area of the city, and attended Western Technical Commercial School. "She was small (5'4") and slight, with a round pale face, huge blue eyes usually rimmed in kohl (Egyptian eye shadow), and long dark straight hair." She served as writer in residence at the University of Western Ontario in 1985, and the University of Toronto in 1986 and 1987. MacEwen died in 1987,

"A sophisticated, wide ranging and thoughtful writer," says The Canadian Encyclopedia, MacEwen "displayed a commanding interest in magic and history as well as an elaborate and penetrating dexterity in her versecraft." Her two novels – Julian the Magician, dealing with the ambiguous relationship between the hermetic philosophies of the early Renaissance and Christianity; and King of Egypt, King of Dreams, which imaginatively reconstructed the life and religious reformation of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton – blend fantasy and history.

MacEwen won the Governor General's Award in 1969 for her poetry collection The Shadow Maker. Other awards and prizes MacEwen won include the CBC New Canadian Writing Contest for poetry in 1965; the A. J. M. Smith Poetry Award in 1973; the Borestone Mountain Poetry Award in 1983; the CBC Literary Competition, for short story in 1983; and the Du Maurier Awards, gold and silver for poetry, in 1983. Her writing has been translated into many languages including Chinese, French, German, and Italian. A documentary film by Brenda Longfellow, Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet, was made in 1998 and won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary.

Noman. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1972. Noman's Land: stories Coach House Press, 1985.

Mermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer. Toronto: House of Anansi, 1978.

The Chocolate Moose. Toronto: N/C Press, 1979. The Honey Drum. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1983. Dragon Sandwiches Black Moss Press, 1987.

Trojan Women after the play by Euripides (includes poems Helen and Oristos by Yannis Ritsos, translated by MacEwen and Niko Tsingos). Toronto: Exile Editions. 2009 [1994, 1981]. 978 1 55096 123 2
The Birds after the play by Aristophanes. Toronto: Exile Editions. 1993 [1983]. 978 1 55096 065 5

Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy of Brock University.

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