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Helen McLean (born 1927) is a Canadian author and painter, known for her autobiographical ''Details From a Larger Canvas''. ==Life== Helen McLean was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1927. As a teenager in 1940 she studied under Dorothy Stevens at an art class arranged by the Women's Art Association. She attended the University of Toronto, where she earned a B.A., and gained an M.A at the University of Calgary. She married Ross McLean, and had three children. Helen McLean became an artist, writer, art critic, and teacher. Helen McLean has written two autobiographical books, ''Sketching from Memory: A Portrait of My Mother'' (1994) and ''Details from a Larger Canvas'' (2001). Her second book describes her struggles against the expectations she had set for herself, or that had been set for a woman by her family or society. Her 1998 novel ''Of all the Summers'' describes the experiences of a woman, Rachel, during different periods of her life. Rachel is now in mid-life and is rediscovering herself. The lyrical novel recalls her earlier relationships and work. McLean's 2003 novel ''Significant Things'' was short-listed for the 2004 Commonwealth Writers Prize Best Book Award, Caribbean and Canada Region. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helen McLean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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