Salverson, Laura Goodman (1890–1970)
Salverson, Laura Goodman (1890–1970)
Canadian novelist. Born 1890 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died 1970; m. George Salverson (Norwegian immigrant), 1913; children: George Salverson Jr. (b. 1914).
Daughter of Icelandic immigrants, lived in almost every region in Canada; popular in the 1920s and 1930s, was one of the 1st Canadian writers to address problems of immigrants; probably best known for 1st novel The Viking Heart (1923), also wrote When Sparrows Fall (1925), The Dark Weaver (1937) and Immortal Rock (1954); edited Icelandic Canadian. Won 2 Governor General's Awards.
See also autobiography, Confessions of an Immigrant Daughter (1939).
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