Gloria Sawai

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]

Gloria Sawai
Born	Gloria Ruth Ostrem (1932-12-20)20 December 1932 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	20 July 2011(2011-07-20) (aged 78) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Nationality	Canadian
Notable awards	Governor General's Literary

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

Education

• 1948: Camrose Lutheran College (today the University of Alberta Augustana Faculty) (Camrose, Alberta).
  • October 2003: Received Distinguished Alumni Award
• 1953: Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• 1977: Master of Fine Arts, University of Montana (Missoula, Montana)

Awards and recognition

• fiction winner, Governor General's Award, A Song for Nettie Johnson, 2002
• Danuta Gleed Literary Award: A Song for Nettie Johnson, Coteau Books, for the year 2001

Works

• 1983: contributor, Three Times Five: Short Stories (NeWest) ISBN 0-920316-84-0
• 2001: A Song for Nettie Johnson (Coteau) ISBN 1-55050-187-9
  • 2002 reissue: ISBN 1-55050-223-9

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.

External links

• Coteau Books: author profiles, including Gloria Sawai, Retrieved 17 July 2006
• The Canadian Encyclopedia: Gloria Sawai, Retrieved 17 July 2006
• "Augustana University College: 2003" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2006. (926 KiB), p. 8 "Sawai will be special guest", Retrieved 17 July 2006
• Rang, Lloyd (July–August 2003). "A Song for Nettie and a Stretch for Some". Faith Today. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2006.