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Kristjana Gunnars

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Kristjana Gunnars is a Canadian writer who was born in Iceland.

She is best known for her post-modern novels, including The Prowler and The Substance of Forgetting, as well as a prolific body of poetry and experimental writing.

She taught creative writing at the University of Alberta from 1991 to 2004.

Updated February 12 2015 by Student & Academic Services

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