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Sheila Egoff was born on 20 January, 1918 in Auburn, Maine, US, is a Canadian literary critic and historian (1918–2005). Discover Sheila Egoff'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 87 years old?
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Literary critic, historian, librarian |
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87 years old |
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Capricorn |
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20 January, 1918 |
| Birthday |
20 January |
| Birthplace |
Auburn, Maine, US |
| Date of death |
22 May, 2005 |
| Died Place |
Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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United States
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Sheila Egoff Height, Weight & Measurements
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Sheila Egoff Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sheila Egoff worth at the age of 87 years old? Sheila Egoff’s income source is mostly from being a successful historian. She is from United States. We have estimated Sheila Egoff's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Sheila Agnes Egoff (January 20, 1918 – May 22, 2005) was a Canadian librarian, literary critic, and historian who was Canada's first professor of children's literature.
Sheila Agnes Egoff was born in Auburn, Maine, in 1918 to a Bulgarian father and Scottish mother.
Her parents Daniel and Lucy Joyce Egoff (Murray) had met in Galt, Ontario, where they married before moving to Auburn.
When Sheila was a year old, her father died in a swimming pool accident, after which the family returned to Galt and experienced financial hardship.
Interested in reading from a young age, Egoff worked part-time at a local library in Galt when she was in high school.
She received a BA from the University of Toronto in 1947, a post-graduate degree in librarianship from the University College, London, in 1948, and a fellowship from the British Library Association.
Alongside her studies, she worked as a librarian at Toronto Public Library where she curated the Osborne Collection of classic British children's fiction.
She also worked at the Canadian Library Association.
In 1961, the University of British Columbia recruited Egoff to the newly established School of Librarianship.
Her academic career, which spanned over 25 years, saw her become the first tenured professor of children's literature in Canada.
Known as a literary critic and historian, she wrote books, developed graduate courses and organized the Pacific Rim Conference on children's literature.
According to scholar and collaborator Judith Saltman, her work had "a profound impact" on the teaching, criticism, publishing and librarianship of children's books in Canada.
Through texts such as The Republic of Childhood, Egoff both promoted and criticized Canadian children's fiction.
Her writings about international fiction in English include Thursday's Child, which won the American Library Association's Ralph R. Shaw Award, and Worlds Within, a study of fantasy literature.
A recipient of the Order of Canada, she was known for her studies of children's fiction including The Republic of Childhood (1967), Thursday's Child (1981) and Worlds Within (1988).
The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is named after her.
An award in her name, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, was instituted by the BC Book Prizes in the 1980s.
In 1983, Egoff retired from her academic position and resumed her librarianship at the UBC Library.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, delivered speeches including an Arbuthnot Lecture and a Library of Congress Children's Book Week Lecture, and served as a judge for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
She died of kidney failure in Vancouver in 2005.
