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Canadian journalist
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Place of birth
St. John's
Age
65 years
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Richard Gwyn
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Biography
Alexandra Sandra Fraser Gwyn, OC (17 May 1935 – 26 May 2000) was a Canadian journalist and writer.
She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the daughter of Claude Fraser and Ruth Harley. She graduated from Dalhousie University in 1955 and married Richard Gwyn in 1958.
During the 1970s, she was the Ottawa editor for Saturday Night.
In 2000, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
She died in 2000 after a five-year fight against breast cancer. Richard Gwyn subsequently launched a literary award, the Winterset Award, in her memory to honour writers from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Selected works
- Tapestry of War: A Private View of Canadians in the Great War ISBN 0-00-639485-X (1992)
- Mary Pratt (1989)
- The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier (1984), winner of the 1984 Governor General's Awards.
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