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Laura Goodman Salverson, the award winning author self identified as a Unitarian in her listings in Who&#;s Who in Canada in the s and s.

She is also listed as one of the speakers seventy five years ago when the church celebrated its 50th anniversary.

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Attempts are being made to locate additional information about her presentation.

Laura was born in Winnipeg. Her parents were immigrants from Iceland. The family struggled economically and moved frequently. She left Winnipeg as a child but returned in the early s and lived here for about 15 years.

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Laura was the first person of Icelandic heritage to win a Governor General (GG) award. She won two within two years. Her novel, The Dark Weaver, won the GG for fiction in Her autobiography Confessions of an Immigrant&#;s Daughter won the GG non fiction award in

She completed high school and had ambitions to be a writer.

Self educated, she published a number of books, over short stories and a volume of poetry.