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Veneranda Kreipans Wilson was born in Daugavpils, Latvia, on March 29, 1938. Her family fled from Latvia to Germany in 1944, and settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1948. Veneranda Kreipans attended Concordia University in the 1970s where she studied under Irving Layton and Wynne Francis. Wilson wrote her Master thesis in English literature on Irving Layton's poetry : “Love and Loathing: The Role of Woman in Irving Layton's Vision.” Wilson became good friends with Layton after she graduated and Layton was a frequent visitor at her parent’s house. Veneranda Kreipans married in 1970 and had a daughter. She worked from 1971 until her retirement in 2005 as an English and Drama teacher in senior high school in Dorval, Montreal. Veneranda Kreipans Wilson died on July 5th, 2019, in Montreal.
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Created 2012
Revised 2015-05-12
Revised 2020-08-05
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- Jocelyn Godolphin, “Gifts Enrich the Layton Collection,” Bibliofile (Winter 2009): 1-2.
- Oral history 04.07.19VKW with Veneranda Kreipans Wilson / Pier 21. - Halifax : Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21,c2020. - https://pier21.ca/content/oral-history-040719vkw-with-veneranda-kreipans-wilson (consulted 2020-08-05)