Marian Engel
| Marian Engel | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 24, 1933 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 16, 1985 (aged 51) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer, Activist, Teacher |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Subject | Women: mid-advanced years |
| Notable works | Bear |
| Children | 2 children |
Marian Engel, OC, née Marian Ruth Passmore (May 24, 1933 – February 16, 1985) was a Canadian novelist and a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada. Her most famous and controversial novel was Bear (1976), a tale of erotic love between a librarian and a bear.
Born May 24, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Engel lived the first years of in foster care before being adopted by Frederick Searle and Mary Elizabeth (Fletcher) Passmore. She grew up in Port Arthur, Brantford, Galt, Hamilton and Sarnia.
After graduating from the Sarnia Collegiate Institute & Technical School, Engel obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Language Studies at McMaster University in 1955 and completed a Master of Arts in Canadian Literature at McGill University in 1957. Her M.A. supervisor while at McGill was author Hugh MacLennan, whom she corresponded with until her death. In 1960 Engel was awarded a Rotary Foundation Scholarship and spent a year studying French Literature at the Université d’Aix-Marseille in Aix-en Provence, France. Instead of returning to Canada the following year, she worked in England as a translator and began working on the unpublished manuscript Women Travelling Alone.
She taught briefly at The Study (1957–58) (Westmount, Montreal, QC), McGill University, the University of Montana-Missoula and St. John’s School (Nicosia, Cyprus).
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