Background
She was born on Emerald Isle and raised on Cape Sable Island, the daughter of Hattie (Larkin) and Arthur Douglas Fox. Her father was a teacher.
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Evelyn Richardson
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Education
She attended high school at Halifax Academy in Halifax, Nova Scotia and later studied at Dalhousie University in that city, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Career
The annual Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award is given in her honour to a Nova Scotia writer of non-fiction. She taught at several schools before marrying Morrill Richardson in 1926. Foreign a time they lived in Massachusetts.
There, they spent the next thirty-five years.
While raising three children and helping to run the lighthouse, she embarked on a writing career, penning several books and numerous articles, many which chronicled her experiences on the island. She wrote in winter when there were few interruptions from visitors.
They left the island in 1964 when the light was mechanized. In her retirement, she lived near Barrington, Nova Scotia.
The Evelyn Richardson Memorial School in Shag Harbour was named in her memory.
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Awards
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Ryerson Fiction Award; Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.