Beverley Rosen Simons

Gyllian Raby (Brock University)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 26 Jun 1938
Activity 1958-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Simons' Works

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Beverley Rosen Simons is an important voice in the first wave of Canadian play writing, particularly regarding its project to explore new artistic territory.

Born Beverley Rosen in Flin Flon Manitoba, she was marked early in life by the racism and anti-semitism that her family members experienced during the Depression and the Holocaust. After high school in Edmonton, Alberta, she accepted a scholarship to study creative writing at the Banff School of Fine Arts. In 1955 she enrolled at McGill to study English Literature, where she helped to found the McGill University Players. Transferring to UBC, she graduated in 1959 with a BA degree in English and Theatre. Her extended travels over the next decade developed her education further, as did her mothering of three children in Vancouver,

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Citation: Raby, Gyllian. "Beverley Rosen Simons". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 October 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5279, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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