Dionne Brand
Canadian writer, poet · Canada · On the map · Writers · Born 1953 · age 73
Dionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third poet laureate from September 2009 to November 2012 and its first Black poet laureate.
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About this person
She was admitted to the Order of Canada in 2017 and has won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry, the Trillium Book Award, the Pat Lowther Award, the Harbourfront Festival Prize, and the Toronto Book Award. Brand lives in Toronto.
Country
Canada
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1953 · age 73
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What they share with Dionne
Pierre BertonBoth received Honorary Doctorate from the University of Windsor
Susan HoweBoth received Griffin Poetry Prize
Brenda HillmanBoth received Griffin Poetry Prize
Gwendolyn MacEwenBoth received Pat Lowther Award
Janusz SymonidesBoth received Honorary Doctorate from the University of Windsor
Nawal El SaadawiAlso in Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)
Susan HoweBoth received Griffin Poetry PrizeBrenda HillmanBoth received Griffin Poetry PrizeGwendolyn MacEwenBoth received Pat Lowther AwardJanusz SymonidesBoth received Honorary Doctorate from the University of WindsorNawal El SaadawiAlso in Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)