Diane Keating

Diane Keating
Born	1940 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Occupation	poet, novelist
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1970s-present
Notable works	No Birds or Flowers

Diane Keating is a Canadian writer. ^[1] She is most noted for her poetry collection No Birds or Flowers, which was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1982 Governor General's Awards. ^[2] She published two further poetry collections in the 1980s, ^[3] as well as the career anthology The Year One: New and Selected Poems in 2001. ^[4]

In 1989, her short story "The Crying Out" was published in the Journey Prize anthology, ^[5] and in 1991, she was a Journey Prize finalist for her short story "The Salem Letters". ^[6] Both stories were excerpts from a novel in progress, which was originally slated for publication in 1992 ^[7] but was withdrawn at that time and was not published until 2014. ^[8]

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she was educated at the University of Manitoba. ^[9]

Works

• In Dark Places (1978)
• No Birds or Flowers (1982)
• Mad Apples (1983)
• The Optic Heart (1984)
• The Year One: New and Selected Poems (2001)
• The Crying Out (2014)

References

1. "Bantering bards revel in each other's differences". Vancouver Sun , April 10, 1992.
2. "Finalists declared in literary awards". The Globe and Mail , May 25, 1983.
3. "Poetry for eyes and ears". The Globe and Mail , August 17, 1985.
4. "Good Reasons to Publish Selected Poems". Books in Canada .
5. "Anthology has Canada's best". Calgary Herald , August 26, 1989.
6. "Prize finalists named". Halifax Daily News , September 1, 1991.
7. "Publishers unleash bumper book crop". Toronto Star , February 22, 1992.
8. "Connection to Salem burdened by gloom". Winnipeg Free Press , January 17, 2015.
9. "Keating, Diane (Margaret) 1940-". Encyclopedia.com .