Anne Lingard Klinck (; January 4, 1943 – July 7, 2023) was a Canadian academic and writer. Her work focused on the classics and was an authority on the female voice in

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Early life

Klinck was born in

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, England on January 4, 1943 to British-Canadian father, Sydney Hibbert, as Anne Lingard Hibbert.

Education

Klinck received a bachelor's and a master's degree from the

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. She also has a master's degree from

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and she also has a master's and a PhD from the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English language, English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universiti ...

Career

Klinck worked at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) for eighteen years before retiring as Professor Emerita. While working at UNB she co-directed the English programs. Klinck was an authority on the female voice in

Death

Klinck died from esophageal cancer on July 7, 2023, at the age of 80.

Selected publications

* ''Animal Imagery in Wulf and Eadwacer and the Possibilities of Interpretation'', Papers on Language and Literature, 23 (1): 3–13 * ''The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study'', 1992 and 2001, McGill-Queen's University Press * ''The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi'' , 2000, University of Ottawa Press. * Anne Kilnck and Anne Marie Rasmusen, ''Medieval Woman's Song: Cross-Cultural Approaches'', 2002,

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* ''An Anthology of Ancient and Medieval Woman's Song'' , 2004 Palgrave Press * ''Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece'', 2008, McGill-Queen's University Press * ''The Voices of Medieval English Lyric: An Anthology of Poems,'' 2019 McGill-Queen's University Press,

References

1943 births 2023 deaths Canadian women academics Alumni of the University of Oxford McGill University alumni University of New Brunswick alumni Academic staff of the University of New Brunswick 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Deaths from esophageal cancer in Canada {{Canada-academic-bio-stub