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Diana Brebner

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Diana Brebner
BornMay 20, 1956
DiedApril 29, 2001(2001-04-29) (aged 44)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupationpoet

(Jennivien) Diana Brebner (May 20, 1956 – April 29, 2001) was a Canadian poet.[1] She was a recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award.[2]

Life

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Diana Brebner was the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants and grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. She was educated at the University of Ottawa, the city she made her home for the remainder of her life.[3]

Brebner's first three collections of poetry were published by Hendrika Ruger on Netherlandic Press.[4] Her posthumous collection, The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, was edited by Stephanie Bolster and published in 2005.[5] The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded annually by Arc magazine.[6][7]

Awards

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Brebner won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1991 for Radiant Life Forms, the Pat Lowther Award in 1994 for The Golden Lotus, the Archibald Lampman Award in 1997 for Flora & Fauna.

Bibliography

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  • Radiant Life Forms (1990) ISBN 0-919417-21-3
  • The Golden Lotus (1993) ISBN 0-919417-31-0
  • Flora & Fauna (1996) ISBN 0-919417-44-2
  • The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 2004. ISBN 978-0-7735-2835-2.

References

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  1. ^ "Books in Canada - Review". www.booksincanada.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  2. ^ Heward, Burt (May 19, 1990). "Ottawa Poets Top National Contest". The Ottawa Citizen.
  3. ^ "Book Launch and Reading". The Ottawa Citizen. November 21, 2004. p. C13.
  4. ^ Brebner, Diana (2004). Bolster, Stephanie (ed.). The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems. McGill-Queens University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0773528352.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Bolster | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  6. ^ "::Arc Poetry::Mag::Diana Brebner Prize::". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  7. ^ "Announcing the 2019 Diana Brebner Prize Winner and Honourable Mention". Arc Poetry. 2019-10-01. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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