Aritha van herk biography of albert

Aritha van Herk, MA

Aritha van Herk is an acclaimed author, teacher and mentor who has made significant contributions to the canons of Alberta and Canadian literature.

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Her work has enriched the lives of readers across Canada and around the world, helped to shape a generation of writers and fostered a deeper understanding of what it means to be an Albertan.

Aritha was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta on May 26, 1954. She spent her early years in the small town of Edberg, in the heart of the Alberta parkland, where she fed her innate imagination by playing in the lush, evocative landscapes of the Battle River Valley.

As the first Canadian-born child of parents who had endured the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War, Aritha grew up with a deep appreciation for the peace and relative bounty of the family farm. Like many immigrants, the van Herks understood that education would be essential to their children’s success and insisted that Aritha and her four sibling Aritha van Herk - The Canadian Encyclopedia HIK