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Writer Maria Meindl will tour Saskatchewan from July 16-19 to revive her once-famous grandmother’s legacy.
Meindl will be reading from her book, Outside the Box: The Life and Legacy of Mona Gould, the Grandmother I Thought I Knew, a unique combination of biography, autobiography, and historic retrospective.
Mona Gould was a poet and CBC broadcaster born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where she spent her earliest years before going on to an illustrious career in Toronto as one of the first Canadian women to host a full-length radio show and as a prominent figure in literary circles. Her most famous poem, "This Was My Brother," is a powerful reflection on the horrors of World War II, and continues to be reprinted and studied today. Yet Gould herself fell into obscurity in her final years in eighties and nineties – until her granddaughter Maria returned her name to prominence.
Maria Meindl writes about health care and the arts and has created series for CBC Radio's Ideas.Outside the Box is her first book, and recently received the 2011 Alison Prentice Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to women’s history, from the Ontario Historical Society.
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Mona's two brothers in Melfort SK, on the homestead where Mona spent her first years. On the right, Howard, the eldest, subject of "This Was My Brother." Photo courtesy of Douglas McTavish.
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