Marilyn Dumont
Marilyn Dumont | |
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| Born | 1955 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | poet, professor |
Marilyn Dumont (born 1955) is a Canadian poet and educator of Cree/Métis descent.
Born in northeastern Alberta, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont.[1] Dumont holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia.[2] Her work is widely anthologized. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Arts - English & Film Studies Department and teaches creative writing.[3]
Bibliography[]
- A Really Good Brown Girl. London, ON: Brick, 1996. ISBN 0-919626-76-9
- Green Girl Dreams Mountains. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books, 2001.
- that tongued belonging. Cape Croker ON: Kegedonce Press, 2007
- in German: diese Zugehörigkeit durch die Zunge, in: Heute sind wir hier. We Are Here Today. A Bilingual Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Literature(s) from Canada. ed. Hartmut Lutz. Publisher: M.u.H. von der Linden, Wesel 2009 ISBN 3926308125
- Ed. Initiations: a Selection of Young Native Writings. Penticton: Theytus Books, 2007.
Awards[]
- 1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl
- 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains
- 2001: Writer's Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains
- 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging
- 2019: Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Artist Award[4]
Notable criticism[]
- Barkwell, Lawrence J.: Marilyn Dumont, in Women of the Métis Nation. Winnipeg: Louis Riel Institute, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9809912-5-3
- Patrick Schmitz: The aspect of healing in the poetry of Gregory Scofield, Marilyn Dumont, Roo Borson and Louise Bernice Halfe. Grin, Munich 2012 ISBN 9783656151364
- Vesna Lopičić: The devil’s language of Marilyn Dumont. doi:10.1007/s11059-017-0375-z. In: Neohelicon, Springer (Netherlands) March 2017, pp 1–12, print: ISSN 0324-4652
External links[]
- Brock University: Canadian Women Poets
- Item at English-Canadian writers, Athabasca University, added: bibliography by and about her
References[]
- ^ Canada Council for the Arts. Public Lending Right Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ Athabasca University Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. Author biography. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "Marilyn Dumont, BA, MFA - Associate Professor". University of Alberta Directory. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Distinguished Artist Award Recipients Announced". 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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