Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Petrone, Penny
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Petrone, Serafina
Petrone, S. Penny
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1925-2005
History
Penny Petrone (1925-2005) was an Italian-Canadian teacher, author, researcher, and world traveller, who taught at Lakehead University's Faculty of Education. She made significant achievements in the field of Canadian literature, especially in researching and anthologizing Indigenous Canadian literature. In later years she also engaged in works of memoir, as well as philanthropy.