Donato Mancini

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Donato Mancini is a Canadian poet. [1] He is most noted for his 2017 collection Same Diff, which was a shortlisted Griffin Poetry Prize finalist in 2018. [2]

He has also been a two-time ReLit Award nominee for his poetry collections Ligatures in 2006 and Æthel in 2008.

Originally from Burlington, Ontario, [1] he is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. [1]

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