Ethel Grayson

Ethel Kirk Grayson (March 20, 1890 – November 27, 1980) was a Canadian writer and educator.

The daughter of William Grayson, a lawyer, and Ellen Babb, she was born in Moose Jaw and received her early education there, going on to earn a BA from the University of Toronto and a MA from the University of Manitoba. Grayson also attended the Curry School of Expression in Massachusetts. She lectured on English literature at Alberta College in Edmonton, at Mount Allison Ladies' College in New Brunswick and at MacMurray College for Women in Illinois.[1]

Grayson travelled in Europe, Africa and South America with her cousin Vaughan.[2]

Grayson contributed poetry and prose to various literary periodicals. Her work earned her a number of honours, including winning the Canadian Poetry Prize Award four times and receiving awards from the periodicals Shards and The Writer. She published one play Flower of the Storm.[1]

She died in Moose Jaw at the age of 90.[1]

A memorial scholarship was established in her name.[3]

Selected works[1]

  • The Seigneur's Daughter, novel (1920), appeared in installments in Women's Century
  • Willow Smoke, novel (1928)
  • Apples of the Moon, novel (1933)
  • Fires in the Vine, novel (1942)
  • Beggar's Velvet, poetry (1948)
  • Unbind the Sheaves: A Prairie Memoir, memoir (1964)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Grayson, Ethel Kirk". Canada's Early Women Writers. Simon Fraser University.
  2. ↑ "Grayson, Vaughan". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
  3. ↑ "E. Kirk Grayson". Prairie South Schools.
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