Margaret Gibson (writer)

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Margaret Gibson (born June 4, 1948 in Toronto , Ontario , Canada ; † February 25, 2006 ibid) was a Canadian writer , for whom writing involved processing her mental illness and personal problems and whose works were honored with two prestigious Canadian literary awards .

Life

Born the middle child of Audrey and Dane Gibson and raised in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto, Margaret Gibson began writing in the early 1970s to document and come to terms with her struggle with her own mental illness. The biographical evidence is undecided as to whether she suffered from schizophrenia or bipolar personality disorder.

Gibson was married to Stuart Gilboord in the early 1970s. From this marriage came their son Aaron. After her divorce from Gilboord, Margaret Gibson moved in with her longtime boyfriend, actor Craig Russell .

Gibson published her short story collection The Butterfly Ward as a literary debut in 1976. The book contained the story Making It , which was based on her experience with Russell. This story was later made by director Richard Brenner for his film Outrageous! adapted, in which actress Hollis McLaren played the main role Liza Connors , i.e. Margaret Gibson's alter ego. Brenner produced a sequel called Too Outrageos ten years later .

Another story in the collection, Ada , formed the basis of a CBC television film production that Claude Jutra directed his first English-language film.

The Butterfly Ward won the Toronto Book Awards in 1977 together with Margaret Atwood's novel Lady Oracle , which was then still awarded as a community award.

Gibson published three other collections of short stories before writing her first novel, Opium Dreams, in 1997. This won the Books in Canada First Novel Award , after which Gibson published another book.

In later years the writer shared a household with Juris Rasa, who also became her second husband. She died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 57.

plant

  • The Butterfly Ward . 1976.
  • Considering Her Condition . 1978.
  • Sweet poison . 1993.
  • The Fear Room and Other Stories . 1996.
  • Opium Dreams . 1997.
    • Dream limits . Translated from the English by Karen Nölle-Fischer. List, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-471-79361-5 .
  • Desert Thirst . 1998.

Awards

reception

Her boyfriend Stephen Jon Postal and wife Guia Dino Postal described Gibson's teenage years in their novel Of Margaret and Madness: A Novel Inspired By True Events . ISBN 978-1-4343-3275-2 .

A television movie, For the Love of Aaron , was made in 1994 about her fight against her ex-husband Stuart Gilboord for custody of her son Aaron. Gibson was played here by the famous actress Meredith Baxter .

In 2011, Vassar College's Powerhouse Theater produced David Solomon's play Margaret and Craig as a workshop. The piece was based on the literary works of Craig Russell and Margaret Gibson.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MARGARET GIBSON, WRITER: 1948-2006 . The Globe and Mail , March 15, 2006.
  2. ↑ Catherine Dunphy: Margaret Gibson, 57: 'Opium Dreams' writer . In: The Star , April 10, 2006. 
personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Margaret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gibson Gilboord, Margaret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2006
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada