Christl Verduyn

Dr. Christl Verduyn (b. 1953) is Professor of English Literature and Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University.^[1] She is the 2006 recipient of the Governor General's International Award for Canadian Studies, awarded by the International Council for Canadian Studies.^[2] She is cited in particular for the integration of her scholarship with the larger community and for exceptional contributions to the study of Canadian women's writing, in both English and French.^[3]

History

Christl Verduyn is a graduate of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Quebec literature from the University of Ottawa.^[4] She is a former President (2002) of the Association for Canadian Studies. Her published scholarship includes a number of edited collections of significant correspondence or articles, including Asian Canadian Writing: Beyond Autoethnography (with Eleanor Ty, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008), Must Write: Edna Staebler's Diaries (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005), Marian Engel: A Life in Letters (with Kathleen Garay, University of Toronto Press, 2004), Aritha van Herk: Essays on her Works (Guernica, 2001), Marian Engel's Notebooks (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999), Lifelines: Marian Engel's Writings (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995)^[5] and Dear Marian, Dear Hugh: The MacLennan-Engel Correspondence (University of Ottawa Press, 1995).^[4] She is also a widely published poet, including the collection Silt (Guernica, 2002).^[6]

In 2006, Verduyn was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.^[4]

References

1. ^ Faculty profile may be found here.
2. ^ Particulars of the award and a history of award recipients may be found here
3. ^ Complete citation and photo may be found here
4. ^ ^{a b c} Faculty Profile - Mount Allison University; www.mta.ca.
5. ^ Winner of the 1996 Gabrielle Roy Prize, sponsored by the Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures; see Awards-1996 McGill-Queen's University Press; www.mqup.mcgill.ca.
6. ^ Guernica Editions, Essential Poets Series

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