Edna Alford
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Edna Alford is a Canadian author and editor. 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 Grain magazine 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 (deased) and Gregory as well as a younger sister Beth. Edna is currently married to internationally known theoretical mathematician Richard Cushman
Marian Engel Award
The Marian Engel Award was a Canadian literary award, presented each year from 1986 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Marian Engel...
and the Gerald Lampert Award
Gerald Lampert Award
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert...
. As an editor she co-founded the magazine Dandelion and edited Grain magazine 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 (deased) and Gregory as well as a younger sister Beth. Edna is currently married to internationally known theoretical mathematician Richard Cushman