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Edna Alford (born 19 November 1947 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author and editor. She was a graduate of Adam Bowden Collegiate, Saskatoon, and got scholarships to attend the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts. Some of her teachers include; Jack Hodgins , W. P. Kinsella , Rudy Wiebe , and Robert Kroetsch . She majored in English at the University of Saskatchewan, and worked summers at hospitals and nursing homes for the chronically ill. As a writer she is known for the collections "A Sleep Full of Dreams and The Garden of Eloise Loon". She has also won the Marian Engel Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. As an editor she co-founded the magazine Dandelion and edited fiction for Grain from 1985–1990. Edna was born to George and Edith Sample and was the second eldest of the

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rdfs:comment	إدنا ألفورد هي كاتِبة وشاعرة كندية، ولدت في 19 نوفمبر 1947 في Turtleford ‏ في كندا. (ar) Edna Alford (born 19 November 1947 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author and editor. She was a graduate of Adam Bowden Collegiate, Saskatoon, and got scholarships to attend the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts. Some of her teachers include; Jack Hodgins , W. P. Kinsella , Rudy Wiebe , and Robert Kroetsch . She majored in English at the University of Saskatchewan, and worked summers at hospitals and nursing homes for the chronically ill. As a writer she is known for the collections "A Sleep Full of Dreams and The Garden of Eloise Loon". She has also won the Marian Engel Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. As an editor she co-founded the magazine Dandelion and edited fiction for Grain from 1985–1990. Edna was born to George and Edith Sample and was the second eldest of the (en)
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has abstract	إدنا ألفورد هي كاتِبة وشاعرة كندية، ولدت في 19 نوفمبر 1947 في Turtleford ‏ في كندا. (ar) Edna Alford (born 19 November 1947 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author and editor. She was a graduate of Adam Bowden Collegiate, Saskatoon, and got scholarships to attend the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts. Some of her teachers include; Jack Hodgins , W. P. Kinsella , Rudy Wiebe , and Robert Kroetsch . She majored in English at the University of Saskatchewan, and worked summers at hospitals and nursing homes for the chronically ill. As a writer she is known for the collections "A Sleep Full of Dreams and The Garden of Eloise Loon". She has also won the Marian Engel Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. As an editor she co-founded the magazine Dandelion and edited fiction for Grain from 1985–1990. Edna was born to George and Edith Sample and was the second eldest of the children aside from brother Stanley. She also has brothers Lorne (deceased) and Gregory as well as a younger sister Beth. Edna is currently married to internationally known theoretical mathematician Richard Cushman. (en)
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