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Virginia Martin, October 2015
Laura Goodman Salverson, the award winning author self identified as a Unitarian in her listings in Who’s Who in Canada in the 1940s and 1950s. She is also listed as one of the speakers seventy five years ago when the church celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Attempts are being made to locate additional information about her 1941 presentation.
Laura was born in Winnipeg. Her parents were immigrants from Iceland. The family struggled economically and moved frequently. She left Winnipeg as a child but returned in the early 1940s and lived here for about 15 years.
Laura goodman salverson biography definition
Laura was the first person of Icelandic heritage to win a Governor General (GG) award. She won two within two years. Her novel, The Dark Weaver, won the GG for fiction in 1937. Her autobiography Confessions of an Immigrant’s Daughter won the GG non fiction award in 1939.
She completed high school and had ambitions to be a writer.
Self educated, she published a number of books, over