Marilyn Bowering
Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright.
Also recorded as Marilyn Ruthe Bowering
Marilyn Bowering
- Name
- Marilyn Bowering
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Occupation
- Poet, novelist and playwright
- Birthplace
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Education
- University of Victoria
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
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Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright.
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Marilyn Bowering (born 1949) is a librettist, novelist and playwright, among other activities, of Canadian nationality. The librettist was born in Winnipeg.
Marilyn Bowering was educated at University of Victoria. The librettist is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada and lived in Victoria. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Marilyn Bowering • Born — April 13, 1949 • Occupation — Poet, novelist and playwright • Birthplace — Winnipeg, Manitoba • Education — University of Victoria
Personal life
Personal life
Bowering was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She studied English at the University of Victoria, and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. Bowering presently lives in Sooke, British Columbia; she is married and has one daughter.
Career
Career
In 1987, Bowering wrote a book of poetic monologues, titled Anyone Can See I Love You, which was later adapted as a radio drama. In 1998, she wrote an adventure story, Visible Worlds, which received positive reviews. In 2012, her book of poetry, Soul Mouth, was published. In 2013, Bowering worked with composer Gavin Bryars to create the libretto for a chamber opera, Marilyn Forever, about Marilyn Monroe.
Novels
Novels
• The Visitors Have All Returned - 1979 • To All Appearances a Lady - 1989 • Visible Worlds - 1997 • Cat's Pilgrimage - 2004 • What It Takes to Be Human - 2007 • The Unfinished World - 2025
Poetry
Poetry
• The Liberation of Newfoundland - 1973 • One Who Became Lost - 1976 • The Killing Room - 1977 • The Book of Glass- 1978 • Sleeping With Lambs - 1980 • Giving Back Diamonds - 1982 • The Sunday Before Winter - 1984 • Selected Poems - 1986 • Grandfather was a Soldier - 1987 • Anyone Can See I Love You - 1987 • Calling All the World - 1989 • Love As It Is - 1993 • Autobiography - 1996 • Human Bodies: Collected Poems 1987-1999 - 1999 • The Alchemy of Happiness - 2003 • Green - 2007 • Soul Mouth - 2012 • Threshold - 2015 • What Is Long Past Occurs In Full Light - 2019 • Frayed Linens - 2025
Other
Other
• Many Voices, An anthology of contemporary Canadian Indian Poetry, co-edited with D. Day. - 1977 • In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry, edited by Kate Braid and Sandy Shreve - 2005 • More Richly In Earth: A Poet’s Search for Mary MacLeod - 2024
Drama
Drama
• Anyone Can See I Love You - 1988 • Hajimari-No-Hajimari, four myths of the Pacific Rim - 1986 • Temple of the Stars - 1996
Radio
Radio
• Grandfather was a Soldier - 1983 • Anyone Can See I Love You - 1986 • Laika and Folchakov, a Journey in Time and Space - 1987 • A Cold Departure, the Liaison of George Sand and Frederic Chopin -1989
Life and career
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Life and career
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1949
Marilyn Bowering born at Winnipeg.
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Victoria
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Winnipeg.
Birth place
Awards and honours
• National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold 1978 • Nominated for the 1984 Governor General's Award (The Sunday Before Winter) • National Magazine Award for Poetry, Silver 1989 • Long Poem Prize, The Malahat Review, 1994 • Pat Lowther Award for poetry, 1997 (Autobiography) • Nominated for the 1997 Governor General's Award (Autobiography) • Nominated for the 1997 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (Autobiography) • Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, 1998 (Visible Worlds) • Short-listed for the Orange Prize, 1999 (Visible Worlds) • Short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, 2004 (The Alchemy of Happiness) • Short-listed for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize 2007 (What It Takes to Be Human)
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- 1.Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. Vol. 12. Canadian Library Association; 1984. p. 252.
- 2.Marilyn Bowering's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- 3."Thread of melancholy runs through Marilyn Monroe opera". Kevin Bazzana / Times Colonist, September 15, 2013
- 4."'Marilyn Forever' opera reveals composer Gavin Bryars' collaborative spirit". Mike Boehm Los Angeles Times, Mar 13, 2015
- 5.Nooy, Juliana De. Twins in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Look Twice. Springer. 2005-06-21. 978-0-230-28686-3.
- 6.H. W. Wilson Company. Book Review Digest. 95. 186. 1999.
- 7."Marilyn Bowering, Soul Mouth". Malahat Review, Poetry Review by J. A. Weingarten
- 8."'Marilyn Forever' librettist Marilyn Bowering talks about the screen siren's romantic idealism.". Hollywood Reporter, 3/20/2015 by Jordan Riefe
- 9."Thread of melancholy runs through Marilyn Monroe opera". Kevin Bazzana / Times Colonist, September 15, 2013
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