William Kurelek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Kurelek

Canadian artist

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Alberta, Canada

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1977

Profession: writer, painter, children's writer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Kurelek, CM (March 3, 1927 – November 3, 1977) was a Canadian artist and writer.
His work was influenced by his childhood on the prairies, his Ukrainian-Canadian roots, his struggles with mental illness, and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. His father, Dmytro Kurelek, was born in Boriwtsi, Bukovina.
Mary Huculak, his mother, was born in Canada, and received her elementary education in a local rural school.
Her family had come with the first wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada and was also from Boriwtsi.
Dmytro and Mary were cousins.
Dmytro arrived to work on the Huculak farm early in 1923.
The couple married in the summer of 1925, his mother not quite nineteen at the time.