van HERK, Aritha, C.M., A.O.E., M.A., F.R.S.C., D.Can.L. (Hon.); writer, professor; b. Wetaskiwin, Alta.; d. Willem and Marretje van Herk; m. Robert Sharp 14 Sept. 1974; e. Univ. of Alberta B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978; PROF. OF ENGLISH, UNIV. OF CALGARY 1991– , Asst. Prof. 1983–85, Assoc. Prof. 1985–91; author: (novels) Judith 1978, The Tent Peg 1981, No Fixed Address 1986, Places Far from Ellesmere 1990, Restlessness 1998; (criticism) In Visible Ink 1991, A Frozen Tongue 1992; (history) Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta 2001, Audacious and Adamant: The Story of Maverick Alberta 2007; (non-fiction) In This Place (with George Webber), Prairie Gothic (with George Webber); (history) The Age of Audacity: Fifty Years of Ambition and Adventure at Calgary's Own University; (poetry) Stampede and the Westness of West 2016; editor: Alberta Rebound 1990, Boundless Alberta 1993; co-editor: More Stories from Western Canada 1980, West of Fiction 1983, Due West 1996, Building Liberty: Canada and World Peace, 1945–2005 2005, Carol Shields: Evocation and Echo 2009; honours: Mem., Alberta Order of Excellence 2011; Order of Canada 2018; Office: Dept. of English, 2500 University Dr., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 1N4.