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| Name | Aritha van Herk |
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| Location | Calgary |
| Biography | Aritha van Herk was born in the Parkland, the Battle River country of Alberta. She studied literature and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Along with her ten books, she has published hundreds of articles, reviews and essays and she has given readings and lectures all over the world. Her irreverent but relevant history of Alberta, Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta, frames the permanent exhibition on Alberta history which opened at the Glenbow Museum and Archives in Calgary in 2007. She teaches Creative Writing and Canadian Literature at the University of Calgary in Calgary. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence. |
| Publications | Novels: Judith The Tent Peg No Fixed Address Restlessness Critical Work: A Frozen Tongue In Visible Ink Non-fiction: Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta Audacious and Adamant: the Story of Maverick Alberta Geografictione: Places Far From Ellesmere (a geografictione) In This Place: Calgary 2004-2011 (Photographs by George Webber, Words by Aritha van Herk) |
| Awards | Calgary Public Library Champion Award, 2011 Community Achievement Award in the Arts, the Calgary Awards, 2011 Writers Guild of Alberta Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2011 University of Calgary Students Union Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts, 2011. Great Ideas Award, Newspapers Canada for The New Mavericks: A Citizen Journalism Project. Calgary Herald, 2010. One Book/One Calgary initiative, Calgary Public Library, November 2010 for Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta. Member of the Order of the University of Calgary, 2008. Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta, Glenbow Museum Exhibition, Winner, City of Calgary White Hat of the Year Award, 2007. Co-Winner, Grant MacEwan Authors Award for Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta, 2002. Board of Governors Award of Excellence, Alberta College of Art and Design in recognition of contributions to the arts in Alberta, 2002. No Fixed Address nominated for the Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1987. Howard O'Hagan Award for the Best Novel of 1986 (No Fixed Address). Province of Alberta Achievement Award for Literature, 1978. Seal First Novel Award, 1978. First recipient of this National Award. |
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