# Edith L. Sharp

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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [:Template:Infobox writer/doc](/source/%3ATemplate%3AInfobox_writer%2Fdoc) -->
| name = Edith L. Sharp
| image = 
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| birth_name = Edith Lambert Sharp
| birth_date = March 7, 1911
| birth_place= near Carroll, [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba)
| death_date = {{Dda|1974|7|2|1911|3|7}}
| death_place= [Surrey, British Columbia](/source/Surrey%2C_British_Columbia) 
| nationality = [Canadian](/source/Canadians)
| occupation = Writing teacher, writer
| genre = Children's literature  
}}{{Short description|Canadian writer and educator (1911–1974)}}
'''Edith Lambert Sharp''' (March 7, 1911 – July 2, 1974) was a Canadian professional woman, writing teacher, and writer. She won the annual [Governor General's Award](/source/Governor_General's_Award) for juvenile fiction in 1958, recognizing her historical novel ''Nkwala'' as the year's best Canadian book.<ref name="ogwc-GG" />

== Life ==
She was born near [Carroll](/source/Carroll%2C_Manitoba), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), the daughter of Charles Lambert and Edna Louise (Maloan) Sharp. She dropped out of [high school](/source/high_school) in [Penticton](/source/Penticton), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), after one year. She attended the [Vancouver School of Art](/source/Vancouver_School_of_Art) and took private studies from the [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution) to develop her artistic talents.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Sharp worked as the director of the [Okanagan Summer School of the Arts](/source/Okanagan_Summer_School_of_the_Arts), and taught creative writing in night and summer schools. She also became involved in politics and served for several years as secretary to the [riding association](/source/riding_association)s of the local [Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada).{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Sharp was a member of the Penticton Board of Trade, an honorary member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, and a member of the Conservative Party and the [Anglican Church of Canada](/source/Anglican_Church_of_Canada). She died in British Columbia in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLBL-LSW |title=Person Details for Edith Lambert Sharp, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986" — |publisher=Familysearch.org |date= |accessdate=2015-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/3fdc9af6-36d4-464a-a668-caacc93da6bc |title = 3fdc9af6-36d4-464a-a668-caacc93da6bc (1673x2660 pixels) |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115060401/http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/3fdc9af6-36d4-464a-a668-caacc93da6bc |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Selected works== <!-- 2015-08-20, WorldCat lists for Sharp only editions of this book including translations -->
* ''Nkwala'', illustrated by William Winter (Little, Brown, 1958), {{OCLC|964680}}, {{LCCN|58008492}} – [Governor General's Award for Juvenile Fiction](/source/Governor_General's_Award_for_Juvenile_Fiction)<ref name=ogwc-GG/>

''Nkwala'' is a researched juvenile novel about the pre-colonial [Okanagan people](/source/Okanagan_people) of the [Interior of British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia_Interior). <!-- LC gives subject heading Spokane Indians -->

==References==
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<ref name=ogwc-GG>{{cite web|url=http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/awardsgovgen.html |title=online guide to canadian writing: awards: governor general's literary awards |publisher=Track0.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-25}}</ref>  
}}

==External links==
{{Portal |Children's literature}}
* {{LCAuth|no2004064522|Edith Lambert Sharp|1|ue}}

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Category:1911 births
Category:Canadian Anglicans
Category:Canadian children's writers
Category:Governor General's Award–winning children's writers
Category:People from Westman Region, Manitoba
Category:Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni
Category:1974 deaths

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