41. Aritha Van Herk : English-Canadian Writers : Canadian Writers : Centre For Langu Bibliography of Works about Aritha Van Herk Aritha Van Herk, Kristiana Gunnars and Nino Ricci Observers and Subjects of the Ethnic Gaze , by Sonia Wilson http://www2.athabascau.ca/cll/writers/english/writers/avherk/avherk.php

Skip To Content Call toll free: 1-800-788-9041 Search Text Athabasca University MyAU Questions? A-Z Index ... Home English-Canadian Writers Aritha Van Herk Aritha Van Herk Often called a post-modern author Aritha Van Herk is an experimental writer who always pushes the boundaries of genre and gender. Her first book, Judith , won a major first novel award (1978) and brought Van Herk international recognition when she was still 24 years old. Aritha Van Herk was born (1954) in the town of Wetaskiwin (south of Edmonton) in Alberta. Her parents were Dutch immigrants who had just moved to Canada. She grew up in a Scandinavian community conscious of ethnic differences and English Canada. At the University of Alberta she earned a B.A. in English (1977) and began to write short stories. She went on to complete an M.A. (1978) in creative writing working under novelist, Rudy Wiebe also at the U. of A. She married geologist, Robert Sharp in 1974. Van Herk joined the English department at the University of Calgary in 1983 and was appointed professor of literature and creative writing in 1991. Judith won the Seal Books (Canada) First Novel Award ($50,000) and was translated and published internationally. The heroine, Judith, is a young woman who deals with identity and stereotyping issues by leaving her secretarial job in the city and becoming a pig farmer. Feminist questions come into conflict with sexual relations and mark a pattern that Van Herk visited in later novels. In her second novel

42. Great Alberta Law Cases - Glossary van Herk, Aritha. “Driving towards Death.” In Great Dames, ed. Elspeth Cameron and Janice Dickin. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 1997. http://www.albertasource.ca/lawcases/resources.htm

Heritage Community Foundation Presents Alberta Online Encyclopedia Home Resources Additional Resources The following is a select list of resources for further information on the legal cases featured in this site. Series 2 Series 1 Resources The Coppermine Case Ottawa Law Review University of Pennsylvania Law Review Moyles, R.G. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1979. Alberta Historical Review 21.1 (Winter 1973): 21-25. Canadian West Magazine 8.3 (July/August/September 1992): 112-118. 66.4 (Winter 1957): 592-610. Gray, James H. R.B. Bennett: The Calgary Years . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. In Beyond the Law: Lawyers and Business in Canada, 1830-1930. Vol. 4, Essays in the History of Canadian Law ed. Carol Wilton, 1-56. Toronto: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 1990. In Beyond the Law: Lawyers and Business in Canada, 1830-1930. Vol. 4, Essays in the History of Canadian Law ed. Carol Wilton, 1-56. Toronto: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 1990.

43. Aritha Van Herk Book List - FictionDB book lists author book lists V Aritha Van Herk Aritha Van Herk http://www.fictiondb.com/author/aritha-van-herk~48677.htm

44. Aretha Van Herk - Penguin Books Authors - Penguin Books Find information on Aretha Van Herk, including popular titles and books by Aretha Van Herk. Read more with Penguin Books http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000055844,00.html

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