Byrna Barclay
Byrna Barclay (born October 8, 1940) is a writer and editor in Saskatchewan, Canada.[1]
Biography[]
She was born and raised in Saskatoon. Since 1962, she has lived in Regina.[2] Barclay served as president of the and also was editor of Freelance, the Guild's newsletter, and fiction editor of Grain, its literary journal. She was founding editor of Transition, a magazine for the Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. She was also vice-chair of the Saskatchewan Arts Board.[3]
In 2004, Barclay was named to the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.[3]
She married Ronald Barclay and they have two children.[2]
Bibliography[]
Her works include:
- Summer of the Hungry Pup (1982), which received the Saskatchewan Culture and Youth First Novel Award
- The Last Echo (1983)
- Winter of the White Wolf (1985)
- From the Belly of a Flying Whale (1988)
- Crosswinds (1996), which won the Best Fiction category of the
- Searching for the Nude in the Landscape (1997)
- Girl at the Window (2004), which won the Readers' Choice Award of the Saskatchewan Book Awards
- The Forest Horses (2010)[2]
References[]
- ^ Thompson, Christian. "Barclay, Byrna (1940–)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "A brief literary biography of Byrna Barclay" (PDF). Transition: 4. Winter 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Saskatchewan Order of Merit" (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
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