Constance Beresford-Howe (10 November 1922 – 20 January 2016) was a Canadian novelist.[1]

Biography

Constance Beresford-Howe was born in 1922 in Montreal and graduated from McGill University with an BA and MA, and from Brown University, where she completed a Ph.D. in 1950. She taught English literature and creative writing at McGill in Montreal and Ryerson University in Toronto until her retirement in 1988.[2]

Beresford-Howe published ten novels between 1946 and 1991. The Book of Eve (1973), her best-known novel, tells the story of a 65-year-old woman who leaves her demanding husband for the freedom to live the way she wants. The stage version, Eve, by Larry Fineberg, premiered at the Stratford Festival in 1976.[2]

Two of Beresford-Howe's novels, A Population of One[3] and The Marriage Bed,[4] were made into television films for CBC Television.

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Unreasoning Heart (1946)
  • Of This Day's Journey (1947)
  • The Invisible Gate (1949)
  • Lady Greensleeves (1955)
  • The Book of Eve (1973)
  • A Population of One (1976)
  • The Marriage Bed (1981)
  • Night Studies (1985)
  • Prospero's Daughter (1988)
  • A Serious Widow (1991)

References

  1. ↑ "Beresford-Howe, Constance Elizabeth (Pressnell) Educator, Author, Lover of Literature". The Globe and Mail. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Constance Beresford-Howe". Canadian Encyclopedia. by Jean Wilson, April 2, 2008
  3. ↑ Rick Groen, "Change in time warps plot of A Population of One". The Globe and Mail, September 13, 1980.
  4. ↑ Jim Bawden, "Settling down in Marriage Bed". Toronto Star, December 21, 1986.


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