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Myrna Kostash was born on 2 September, 1944 in United States, is a Canadian writer and journalist. Discover Myrna Kostash's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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Myrna Kostash Height, Weight & Measurements
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Myrna Kostash Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Myrna Kostash worth at the age of 79 years old? Myrna Kostash’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. She is from United States. We have estimated Myrna Kostash's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Myrna Kostash (born September 2, 1944) is a Canadian writer and journalist.
She has published several non-fiction books and written for many Canadian magazines including Chatelaine.
Of Ukrainian descent, she was born in Edmonton, Alberta and educated at the University of Alberta, the University of Washington, and the University of Toronto.
She resides in Edmonton, Alberta.
In 1985, she was awarded a Silver citation in the National Magazine Awards and was short-listed in 1997.
In 1985 she wrote a television drama
In 1988, her book, No Kidding: Inside the World of Teenage Girls, received the Alberta Culture and Writers' Guild of Alberta prizes for Best Non-Fiction.
Kostash is a recipient of the Alberta Achievement Award (1988) and of the Alberta Council of Ukrainian Arts “Excellence in Artistry” Award, 2001, the Canadian Conference of the Arts Honorary Life Member award, 2002, the Queen's Jubilee Award, 2002, the Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005, the City of Edmonton's 2006 Citation Award, “Salute to Excellence,” and the Writers' Guild of Alberta Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008.
A founding member of The Periodical Writers' Association of Canada and of the Writers' Guild of Alberta, she served as president of the WGA (1989–90) and as chair of The Writers' Union of Canada (1993–94).
In 1993 she was a participant in the Maclean-Hunter Arts Journalism Seminar, the Banff Centre for the Arts, under the direction of Alberto Manguel.
In 1994 she was awarded the same prize for her book, Bloodlines: A Journey Into Eastern Europe.
She served as Alberta representative to the board of governors of the Canadian Conference of the Arts (1996–2000).
She is a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and PEN.
In 1999 she was a finalist in the Western Magazine Awards.
In 2001, her book, The Next Canada: In Search of the Future Nation, was a finalist for the Writers’ Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
She is a founding member of the Creative Nonfiction Collective, and served as its president 2006–9.
She has also for several years been an executive member of the board of directors of the Parkland Institute, an organization dedicated to social research and located at the University of Alberta.
Kostash is the recipient of several Canada Council, Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts and Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) grants.
In 2006, Reading the River: A Traveller’s Companion to the North Saskatchewan was a prize winner at the Saskatchewan Book Awards.
She was the 2010 recipient of the Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life, from the Writers'Trust of Canada, the first writer of creative non-fiction to win the award.
She has written for film, notably:
