Aretha Van Herk

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Aretha Van Herk is a Canadian Author and Creative Writing professor in the English Department of the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

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[edit] Novelist

She is the author of several books, including:

  • Judith (1978)
  • Tent Peg (1981)
  • No Fixed Address (1986)
  • Places Far from Ellesmere (1990)
  • Restlessness (1998)

[edit] Editor

Alberta rebound : thirty more stories by Alberta writers. Edmonton : NeWest Press, c1990.

[edit] Awards

She won the Seal First Novel award in 1978 for her book Judith.

[edit] References

Verduyn, Christl (ed). Aritha van Herk : essays on her works. Toronto: Guernica, 2001.

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