MIRIAM WADDINGTON

MIRIAM WADDINGTON (NÉE DWORKIN) 86, of Vancouver, died March 3, 2004, at the Louis Brier Home and Hospital. Born in Winnipeg, she was the daughter of Isidore and Mussia Dworkin. She was a star of the Canadian literary scene, having published twelve books of poetry, the last five of which are Driving Home, The Price of Gold, The Visitants, Collected Poems, and The Last Landscape. In 2004, an excerpt from one of her poems was included on the new Bank of Canada $100 note. Her work has been published in over 200 anthologies and translated into several languages. Two of her books, Driving Home and Collected Poems, won the J.I. Segal prize in 1972 and 1986. She held a B.A. (Toronto), an M.S.W. (Pennsylvania), an M.A. (Toronto), and two D.Litt. (Lakehead, York) After an early career as a social worker in hospitals, prisons, and children's agencies, she accepted a faculty position in English literature at York University in Toronto. She retired from teaching at age 65, and was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus shortly thereafter. She is sur vived by her sons, Marcus and Jonathan Waddington; brother, Sol Dworkin; daughter-in-law, Paula Grossman; and grandsons, David, Aaron, and Gabriel. A memorial will be held at 5:00 PM, on Saturday, March 13th, at the U.B.C. Faculty Club (Sage Bistro), 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, B.C.