Diana Hartog

Diana Hartog
Born	October 25, 1942 Palo Alto, California
Occupation	poet, novelist
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1980s-present
Notable works	Matinee 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]

References

1. 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.