Gertrude Story

Gertrude Elizabeth Story ( Wudrick; September 19, 1929 – January 18, 2014) was a Canadian short story writer, poet and radio broadcaster. She began writing humorous stories and commentaries based on the rural German-Canadian Lutheran farming community she was raised in, in 1950. Story's works were broadcast on CBC Radio and did home-based literary reports for the network. authored multiple novels and published a poetry collection during the early 1980s to the early 1990s. She served as writer-in-residence of across various Canadian institutions and was an active member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild. The works of Story have been studied in Australian and German university classes.

Early life and education On September 19, 1929, Story was born in the Bergheim district, close to Sutherland, Saskatchewan, in Canada. and was raised in a German-Canadian Lutheran farming community, with three siblings. In 1976, Story matriculated to the University of Saskatchewan,

Career Following the completion of her high school education, she began her career as a bank clerk. and a CBC Radio Literary Award two years later. Story's first book, which was a poem collection, the Saskatoon Public Library between September 1986 and July 1987, the University of Winnipeg in 1988, and was appointed the same role of the Yukon Territory in the North of Canada, serving from September 1991 to February 1992.

She was an active member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild. Story spent a lot of time teaching writing at sponsored workshops staged by the Guild and writer-in-residence programs.

Writing style and legacy Verne Clemence of The StarPhoenix called Story's writing style as "Words such as 'growingess' characterize Story's writing style." Clemence further noted "The changes in the people in her new stories from those in her past books are subtle. But the distinctions are significant. Most in the new crop are serene. They've left behind the angst-ridden, 30-something years, where the preoccupations were making a living, fleeting romances and the stresses of the competitive, materialistic world."

The works of Story have been studied in Australian and German university classes. The University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections held an exhibition displaying a collection of her works and information about the writer at the Murray Library from January to February 2014.