Diane Keating

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Diane Keating
Born1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Occupationpoet, novelist
Nationality Canadian
Period1970s-present
Notable worksNo 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Both stories were excerpts from a novel in progress, which was originally slated for publication in 1992 [7] but was withdrawn at that time and was not published until 2014.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]

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  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.
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