Gloria Sawai

Gloria Sawai (20 December 1932 – 20 July 2011), born Gloria Ruth Ostrem in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an American-born fiction author, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She died on 20 July 2011.^[1]

Gloria Sawai
Born	Gloria Ruth Ostrem (1932-12-20)20 December 1932 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	20 July 2011(2011-07-20) (aged 78) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Nationality	Canadian
Notable awards	Governor General's Literary

In early childhood, she moved with her family to Saskatchewan, then in her youth to Alberta. Her father was a Lutheran minister.^[2]

Education

• 1948: Camrose Lutheran College (today the University of Alberta Augustana Faculty) (Camrose, Alberta).
  • October 2003: Received Distinguished Alumni Award
• 1953: Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• 1977: Master of Fine Arts, University of Montana (Missoula, Montana)

Awards and recognition

• fiction winner, Governor General's Award, A Song for Nettie Johnson, 2002
• Danuta Gleed Literary Award: A Song for Nettie Johnson, Coteau Books, for the year 2001

Works

• 1983: contributor, Three Times Five: Short Stories (NeWest) ISBN 0-920316-84-0
• 2001: A Song for Nettie Johnson (Coteau) ISBN 1-55050-187-9
  • 2002 reissue: ISBN 1-55050-223-9