Diana Hartog

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Diana Hartog
BornOctober 25, 1942
Palo Alto, California
Occupationpoet, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period1980s-present
Notable worksMatinee Light, Candy from Strangers, The Photographer's Sweethearts

Diana Hartog (born 1942 in Palo Alto, California) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer. [1] She won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1983 for her poetry collection Matinee Light, [1] and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 1987 for Candy from Strangers. [2]

She was also a shortlisted nominee for the Journey Prize in 1991 for her short story "Theories of Grief", [3] and for the Dorothy Livesay Prize in 1993 for Polite to Bees: A Bestiary. [4]

She published the novel The Photographer's Sweethearts in 1996, [5] and a new poetry collection, Ink Monkey, in 2006. [6]

She lives in New Denver, British Columbia. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gordon Ripley, Who's Who in Canadian Literature. Reference Press, 1997. p. 148.
  2. "Haida artist book wins two awards". Vancouver Sun , October 31, 1987.
  3. "Future winners". Kingston Whig-Standard , August 31, 1991.
  4. "Book prize finalists announced". Vancouver Sun , March 20, 1993.
  5. "Mystic hero plays God, ends up as Devil". Toronto Star , April 27, 1996.
  6. "Structure moves in, out of lucidity". Winnipeg Free Press , June 25, 2006.
  7. "New rules coming to get Canadian literature in schools". Vancouver Sun , July 26, 2008.