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May 5, 2021 · His 1967 drama, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, about an Indigenous woman who leaves the reserve and meets her death on Vancouver’s skid row, is a landmark of Canadian theatre. He and his wife Norma lived in Summerland for three decades with their five children: Leslie, Tanya, Campbell, Sergei and Jamie.
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George Ryga was born on July 27, 1932 in Deep Creek, Alberta, Canada. He was a writer, known for Hungry Hills (2009), Festival (1960) and To See Ourselves (1971). He died on November 18, 1987 in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.
- July 27, 1932
- November 18, 1987
Ryga, George, b 27 July 1932 in Deep Creek, Alberta, d 18 November 1987 in Summerland, British Columbia. Dramatist, poet, and writer. The son of Ukrainian immigrant parents, Ryga became one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights.
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The Canadian playwright and novelist George Ryga (1932-1987) lived and wrote in the village of San Antonio Tlayacapan, mid-way between Chapala and Ajijic, from November, 1972 to March 1973.
George Ryga is British Columbia's greatest playwright. More than any other writer, George Ryga was responsible for first bringing the contemporary age to the Canadian stage.
His other works include Captives of the Faceless Drummer (1972), Night Desk (1976), Seven Hours to Sundown (1977), Beyond the Crimson Morning (1979) and Two Plays: Paracelsus and Prometheus (1982). Updates? Omissions? Article suggestions? Did you like your experience? Take our survey.
Ryga went on to publish Sunrise for Sarah (1973), Seven Hours to Sundown (1977), Ploughman of the Glacier (1977) and Two Plays: Paracelsus and Prometheus Bound (1982). His last work, In the Shadow of the Vulture (1985) was also published in the USSR and the Ukraine.
