About Sheila A. Egoff
Lived 1918 – 2005 (aged 87). Sheila A. Egoff was a critic, historian, academic, literary critic and librarian.
Sheila Agnes Egoff (January 20, 1918 – May 22, 2005) was a Canadian librarian, literary critic, and historian who was Canada's first professor of children's literature. A recipient of the Order of Canada, she was known for her studies of children's fiction including The Republic of Childhood, Thursday's Child (1981) and Worlds Within (1988). The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is named after her.
Life and career Sheila Agnes Egoff was born in Auburn, Maine, in 1918 to a Bulgarian father and Scottish mother.
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Who was Sheila A. Egoff?
Canadian literary critic and historian
When was Sheila A. Egoff born?
Sheila A. Egoff was born on 20 January 1918 in Auburn, Maine.
When did Sheila A. Egoff die?
Sheila A. Egoff died on 22 May 2005 in Vancouver, BC.
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Sheila A. Egoff was a critic, historian, academic, literary critic and librarian.
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