Myrna Kostash

Lindy Ledohowski (University of Waterloo)

Ed. by Karis Shearer, University of British Columbia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 2 Sep 1944
Activity 1977-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction

Activities

Primary

Cultural Theorist/ Critic
Journalist
Prose writer

Other

Literary Critic/ Historian
Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Kostash's Works

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Myrna Kostash is a Canadian full-time non-fiction writer. She was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and Edmonton is her home now when she is not travelling or touring. She studied at the universities of Alberta, Washington, and Toronto and completed her MA degree in Russian Language and Literature in 1968. She began her writing career as a freelance journalist in Toronto before relocating back to Alberta. She is the author of nearly a dozen books of literary nonfiction, including the classic

All of Baba’s Children

(1977) and its follow-up

All of Baba’s Great-Grandchildren

(2000), two anthologies, and countless articles. Besides writing for diverse magazines (from

Border Crossings

Chatelaine

), Kostash has written for theatre cabaret, radio drama, and television documentary. As…

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Citation: Ledohowski, Lindy. "Myrna Kostash". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 February 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12906, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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