Poet, author, actor.
Born at Winnipeg on 12 February 1920, daughter of Mary Chornobei (1902-1980) and pharmacist Michael Lazeczko (1900-1952), she received a degree in journalism from Berkeley University, returning to Winnipeg where she taught creative writing and poetry in the adult education program of the YMCA. She was well known for her readings which she has presented on the CBC’s This Country in the Morning. A book of her poetry was published and, in 1976, her stories about growing up in the north end of Winnipeg were published in book form as The Street Where I Live. She performed in several Manitoba theatrical productions including Andorra, Galileo, and Three Penny Opera.
She received the Lady Eaton Award for her literary satire One Hundred Years of Poetry, French and English (1967) and she received an honorary doctorate from the Free Academy of Arts and Sciences in Kiev, Ukraine for her translation work.
On 20 June 1942, she married schoolteacher Archibald Gordon “Archie” Haas (1914-2000) at Winnipeg and they had two children. She died at Winnipeg on 29 August 2012.
Her articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
On the Street Where I Live
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 31, 1974-1975 Season
Birth registrations [Miroslawa Lazeczko, Archibald Haas], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Myra Lazeczko, Archibald Gordon Haas], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Winnipeg in the 1930s,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 December 1974, page 118.
Obituary [Mary Lazeczko Dnistransky], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 September 1980, page 82.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 2012.
We thank Frances Kasper for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 April 2024
Memorable Manitobans
This is a collection of noteworthy Manitobans from the past, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. We acknowledge that the collection contains both reputable and disreputable people. All are worth remembering as a lesson to future generations.
Search the collection by word or phrase, name, place, occupation or other text:
Custom SearchBrowse surnames beginning with:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ZBrowse deaths occurring in:
1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the Memorable Manitobans Administrator at biographies@mhs.mb.caCriteria for Memorable Manitobans | Suggest a Memorable Manitoban | Firsts | Acknowledgements
Help us keep
history alive!
