Marilyn Dumont
Marilyn Dumont (born 1955, Olds, Alberta) is a Canadian poet and educator of Cree / Métis descent. Dumont holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her work is widely anthologized.
Marilyn Dumont
- Name
- Marilyn Dumont
- Born
- 1955
- Birthplace
- Olds, Alberta
- Occupation
- poet, professor
- Nationality
- Canada
- Known for
- A Really Good Brown Girl · green girl dreams Mountains · that tongued belonging · The Pemmican Eaters
- Languages
- English
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She is currently a Full Professor at the University of Alberta cross appointed in the Faculties of Arts and Native Studies. In the Faculty of Arts - English & Film Studies Department she teaches Indigenous Literature and creative writing.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Marilyn Dumont • Born — 1955 • Birthplace — Olds, Alberta • Occupation — poet, professor
Notable criticism
• Barkwell, Lawrence J.: Marilyn Dumont, in Women of the Métis Nation. Winnipeg: Louis Riel Institute, 2010. • Patrick Schmitz: The aspect of healing in the poetry of Gregory Scofield, Marilyn Dumont, Roo Borson and Louise Bernice Halfe. Grin, Munich 2012 • Vesna Lopičić: The devil’s language of Marilyn Dumont.. In: Neohelicon, Springer (Netherlands) March 2017, pp 1–12, print:
Awards
• 1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl • 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains • 2001: Writer's Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains • 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging • 2019: Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Artist Award
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- 1.Canada Council for the Arts. Public Lending Right Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- 2.Athabasca University . Author biography. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- 3.Marilyn Dumont, BA, MFA - Associate Professor. University of Alberta Directory.
- 4.Distinguished Artist Award Recipients Announced. 2019-06-17.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- A Really Good Brown Girl. London, ON: Brick, 1996.
- Green Girl Dreams Mountains. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books, 2001.
- that tongued belonging. Cape Croker ON: Kegedonce Press, 2007
- in German: diese Zugehörigkeit durch die Zunge, in: Heute sind wir hier. We Are Here Today. A Bilingual Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Literature(s) from Canada. ed. Hartmut Lutz. Publisher: M.u.H. von der Linden, Wesel 2009
- Ed. Initiations: a Selection of Young Native Writings. Penticton: Theytus Books, 2007.
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