Gloria Sawai

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Gloria Sawai
BornGloria Ruth Ostrem
(1932-12-20)20 December 1932
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died20 July 2011(2011-07-20) (aged 78)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian
Notable awards Governor General's Literary

Gloria Sawai (20 December 1932 – 20 July 2011), born Gloria Ruth Ostrem in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an American-born fiction author, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She died on 20 July 2011. [1]

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In early childhood, she moved with her family to Saskatchewan, then in her youth to Alberta. Her father was a Lutheran minister. [2]

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References

  1. "GG Award-winning Edmonton author Gloria Sawai dies". Winnipeg Free Press. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. Babiak, Todd (23 July 2011). "City writer made everything strange and beautiful". Edmonton Journal . Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.