Anne Hart (Canadian author)
Anne Hart | |
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| Born | Anne Hill October 7, 1935 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Library research professor, author |
| Genre | Biography |
| Notable works | The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple, The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot |
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Anne Hart (née Hill), OC (born October 7, 1935) is a Canadian author specialising in biographies. She is best known for The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple, her biography of the Agatha Christie character, and is a Member of the Order of Canada.
Life and work
Ms. Hart received an arts degree from Dalhousie University and a library science degree from McGill University. She then started work with Newfoundland's Memorial University library in 1969 and made it her career until retirement in 1997.[1] Notable positions during her time at Memorial University included head of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies and Library Research Professor.[2]
Ms. Hart was one of the 2009 Winterset Board of Directors.[3]
Awards
- Member of the Order of Canada. Awarded on October 29, 2004, invested on September 9, 2005, for her "lasting contributions to the cultural life of her province" (Newfoundland and Labrador).[4]
- Ms. Hart's collaboration with Roberta Buchanan and Bryan Greene on "The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard" was shortlisted for the Winterset Award for excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing.[5]
- For her achievements as a biographer and for her contributions to Newfoundland studies, Anne Hart was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree by Memorial University of Newfoundland.[6]
- Library Trustees' Association Annual Merit Award, for outstanding library trustee, 1986.[7]
Literary works
Sole authorship
Ms. Hart's biographies of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot were written with the full endorsement of Agatha Christie Limited.[8]
- The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple (1985, Dodd Mead) - Biography of the Agatha Christie character.
- The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot (1990, Putnam Adult) - Biography of the Agatha Christie character.
- Into Unknown Labrador - an article published in Rediscovering Canada - Image, Place and Text (Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Text Series Vol. 16) edited by Gudrun Bjork Gudsteins. ISBN 9789979544616. Publisher: University of Iceland Press. Publication date: 2001/12/01.
Collaborations
- The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard (2005, McGill-Queen's University Press) - In collaboration with Roberta Buchanan and Bryan Greene - Biography of the first white woman to cross Labrador. The three collaborators edited Mina Hubbard's diary, and Ms. Hart wrote the biography of Mina Hubbard.[2]
Radio
CBC Radio Ideas documentary: "Into Unknown Labrador: The Mina Hubbard Story", 1998-05-28.[9] This lecture was also delivered by Ms. Hart to The Newfoundland Historical Society on January 27, 2000.[10]
References
- ^ Memorial University of Newfoundland President's Report 2007
- ^ a b Memorial University of Newfoundland President's Report 2006
- ^ Winterset in Summer Literary Festival website
- ^ Governor General of Canada website (retrieved 2011-12-27)
- ^ Winterset in Summer Literary Festival website
- ^ The Gazette, Vol. 38, No. 12, April 6, 2006 (Memorial University of Newfoundland's newspaper)
- ^ Member's profile on The Writer's Union of Canada website
- ^ Anne Hart's Biography on the Harper Collins website Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bibliography contained in "The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard" (2005, McGill-Queen's University Press)
- ^ The Gazette, 2000/01/27 (Memorial University of Newfoundland's newspaper)