Linda Svendsen
Writer, Author
1954 –
Who is Linda Svendsen?
Linda Svendsen is a Canadian screenwriter and author. She was born in Vancouver and has lived there for most of her life.
Her works include many critically acclaimed short stories. Her stories were anthologized and published in magazines such as Atlantic Monthly and Saturday Night. She won first prize in the American Short Story Contest in 1980, and was a three-time finalist for the O. Henry Awards.
In 1992, she published a book called Marine Life, which was also translated into German which was a finalist for the 1993 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In 2000, Marine Life was adapted into a film starring Cybill Shepherd and Peter Outerbridge.
Svendsen wrote the television film adaptation of The Diviners, as well as the miniseries Human Cargo and the television film At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story. She won a Gemini Award for the Human Cargo screenplay. She also teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
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- Born
- 1954
Vancouver - Also known as
- S. Bennett
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia
( - 1977) - Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University
(1978 - 1982)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia
- Employment
- University of British Columbia
- Lived in
- Vancouver
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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