Diane Keating
Diane Keating | |
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| 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Both stories were excerpts from a novel in progress, which was originally slated for publication in 1992[7] but was withdrawn at that time and was not published until 2014.[8]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Bantering bards revel in each other's differences". Vancouver Sun, April 10, 1992.
- ^ "Finalists declared in literary awards". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1983.
- ^ "Poetry for eyes and ears". The Globe and Mail, August 17, 1985.
- ^ "Good Reasons to Publish Selected Poems". Books in Canada.
- ^ "Anthology has Canada's best". Calgary Herald, August 26, 1989.
- ^ "Prize finalists named". Halifax Daily News, September 1, 1991.
- ^ "Publishers unleash bumper book crop". Toronto Star, February 22, 1992.
- ^ "Connection to Salem burdened by gloom". Winnipeg Free Press, January 17, 2015.
- ^ "Keating, Diane (Margaret) 1940-". Encyclopedia.com.
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