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Sharon Butala fonds
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1981-1987 (Creation)
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54 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Writer and teacher Sharon Butala was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan in 1940. She was educated in that province, and at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon where she earned a B.A. and B.Ed. degrees. After working as a special education teacher for several years, she gave up teaching to become a novelist, short story writer and writer of creative non-fiction. Her work has appeared in numerous periodicals and she is the author of several books: 'The Garden of Eden' (1998); 'The Perfection of the Morning' (1994); 'The Gates of the Sun' (1994); 'The Fourth Archangel' (1992); 'Luna' (1988, 1994); and 'Fever' (1990), all published by Harper Collins. Butala received the Writers' Choice Award in 1986, the Canadian Authors Award for fiction in 1992, the Saskatchewan Book Award for non-fiction in 1994, and she has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (1991), and twice for the Governor General's Award (1994, 1986).
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Fonds consists of personal and literary papers of Saskatchewan writer Sharon Butala, 1981-1987. The records are arranged in three series: Correspondence with cultural organizations, government agencies, media, friends, writers, and others (1981-1987); Publications by Sharon Butala (1985); and Writings and Drafts (1982-1987). The latter contains various drafts and manuscripts of a number of unpublished and published works including 'Sweet Time' (Herren, 1985), 'Country of the Heart' (Fifth House, 1984), 'Luna' (Harper Collins, 1988), and 'From the Heart'.
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Original order of Accession 87-83 not deemed usable; new file titles and file order established by the Archives.
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Open for research. One file of correspondence with Gertrude Story is restricted.
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Donor retains copyright.
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Inventory available for 87-83.
Associated materials
Related material: For additional Sharon Butala correspondence see the Joan Givner fonds.