Writer
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Date of birth
- Date of death
- Age at death
- 67
- Place of birth
- Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, children's writer, poet, diarist, biographer, short story writer, journalist, teacher, young adult author
- Languages
- English
Biography
Lucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.
Education
- Prince of Wales College 1893–1894
- Dalhousie University 1895–1896
Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Person of National Historic Significance
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