Diana Brebner

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

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

Life

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

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
  • 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
  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. Retrieved 2020-04-09.


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