"Laurence, Margaret"@en . . . . . . . . "1926-07-18Z"^^ . "Margaret Laurence"@en . "1926Z"^^ . "1987Z"^^ . "1987-01-05Z"^^ . . . . . . . . "Jean Margaret Laurence, CC (n\u00E9e Wemyss) (18 July 1926 \u2013 5 January 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community."@en . . . . . . "Canadian writer" . . . . . "0491129" .