Ellen Seligman

Ellen Seligman (died March 25, 2016) was an American editor and publisher. She was a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honour in the Canadian province of Ontario, and twice won the Canadian Booksellers Association Editor of the Year Award.[1]

Seligman was born in New York City and attended the University of Wisconsin, where she received a Bachelor of Arts. She moved to Canada in 1976, where she eventually took a job with McClelland and Stewart as a senior editor and became their editorial director of fiction by 1987.[2][3] During this time she worked with authors such as Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Rohinton Mistry, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart and Alice Munro, and in 2012 became the vice-president of McClelland and Stewart.[1][3] At the time of her death Seligman was seen as one of Canada's top literary editors.[2][4] In 2009 Seligman became the president of PEN Canada, a position she held until 2011.[5]

Seligman died in Toronto on March 25, 2016 and was survived by partner James Polk, sister Margaret Seligman and her extended family.

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References

  1. 1 2 Medley, Mark. "Celebrated editor Ellen Seligman dies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Takaema, Dan. "Ellen Seligman helped shape generations of Canadian writers". The Star. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 Mandel, Charles. "Celebrated publisher and editor Ellen Seligman dies". National Observer. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  4. ↑ Dobson, Kit; Kamboureli, Smaro (2013). Producing Canadian Literature: Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 9781554586400. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ellen Seligman, celebrated Canadian editor and publisher, dies". CBC. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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