Ellen Seligman
Ellen Jane Seligman (born February 2, 1944; died March 25, 2016) was an American-Canadian editor and publisher. She was a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honour in the Canadian province of Ontario, and twice won the Canadian Booksellers Association Editor of the Year Award.[1]
Seligman was born in New York City and attended the University of Wisconsin, where she received a Bachelor of Arts. She moved to Canada in 1976, where she eventually took a job with McClelland and Stewart as a senior editor and became their editorial director of fiction by 1987.[2][3] During this time she worked with authors such as Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Rohinton Mistry, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart and Alice Munro, and in 2012 became the vice-president of McClelland and Stewart.[1][3] At the time of her death Seligman was seen as one of Canada's top literary editors.[2][4] In 2009 Seligman became the president of PEN Canada, a position she held until 2011.[5]
Seligman died in Toronto on March 25, 2016, and was survived by partner James Polk, sister Margaret Seligman and her extended family.
Editing
[edit]- Childhood, André Alexis
- Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
- Dead Girls, Nancy Lee
- The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
- The Underpainter, Jane Urquhart
References
[edit]- 1 2 Medley, Mark (25 March 2016). "Celebrated editor Ellen Seligman dies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- 1 2 Takaema, Dan (25 March 2016). "Ellen Seligman helped shape generations of Canadian writers". The Star. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- 1 2 Mandel, Charles (25 March 2016). "Celebrated publisher and editor Ellen Seligman dies". National Observer. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
- ↑ Dobson, Kit; Kamboureli, Smaro (2013). Producing Canadian Literature: Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 9781554586400. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ↑ "Ellen Seligman, celebrated Canadian editor and publisher, dies". CBC. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Johnson, Jessica. "Mark Her Words" The Walrus (29 March 2016)