Di Brandt (born 31 January 1952) (née Janzen)[1] often stylized as di brandt, is a Canadianpoet and scholar from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] She became Winnipeg's first Poet Laureate in 2018.[3]
Brandt grew up in Reinland, a Mennonite farming village in southern Manitoba near Winkler.[4] Her first volume of poetry questions i asked my mother was published by Turnstone Press in 1987. Since then she has published seven more volumes of poetry, as well as literary criticism. Brandt has degrees from the University of Manitoba and University of Toronto and has also taught Canadian literature and creative writing.[5] She was poetry editor at Prairie Fire Magazine and Contemporary Verse 2 during the 1980s and 90s. She also served as Manitoba and Prairie Rep at the League of Canadian Poets National Council and the Writers' Union of Canada National Council. In 2018, she became the first Poet Laureate of Winnipeg, a position she held through 2019,[6] and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by MacEwan University in 2021.[7]
Bibliography
Poetry:
questions i asked my mother (Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1987)
The Lottery of History (Brandon, MB: Radish Press, 2008). Chapbook.
Walking to Mojacar, with French and Spanish translations by Charles Leblanc and Ari Belathar (Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2010)
SHE: Poems inspired by Laozi, with ink drawings by Lin Xu (Brandon, MB: Radish Press, 2012). Chapbook.
The Sweetest Dance on Earth: New and Selected Poems (Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2022)
Essays:
Wild Mother Dancing: Maternal Narrative in Canadian Literature (Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press 1993).
Dancing Naked: Narrative Strategies for Writing Across Centuries (Toronto: Mercury Press 1996).
Re:Generations: Canadian Women Poets in Conversation (Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press 2006), ed. with Barbara Godard.
So this is the world & here I am in it (Edmonton: NeWest Press 2007).
Wider Boundaries of Daring: The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women's Poetry (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2011), ed. with Barbara Godard.
Emily, The Way you Are, a one-woman chamber opera about the life and work of Emily Carr, with musical score by Jana Skarecky, premiered at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, ON, in 2011, featuring mezzo-soprano Ramona Carmelly and the Talisker Players directed by Gary Kulesha.
Watermelon Syrup: A Novel with Annie Jacobsen and Jane Finlay-Young (WLUP 2011).
Coyotes do not carry her away, a musical setting of Di Brandt's poems, by Manitoba composer Kenneth Nichols, commissioned by the Brandon Chamber Society and premiered at Brandon City Hall in 2012, featuring Naomi Forman (soprano), Catherine Wood (clarinet) and Ann Germani (harp).
Awards and recognition
Gerald Lampert Award for "best first book of poetry in Canada," for questions i asked my mother.
McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award for Agnes in the sky.
CAA National Poetry Prize for Jerusalem, beloved.
Foreword Gold Medal for Fiction for Watermelon Syrup.
Gabrielle Roy Prize for "best book of literary criticism in Canada," with Barbara Godard, for Wider Boundaries of Daring: The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women's Poetry.
Brandon University President's Medal for Research, Teaching and Service 2011.
Canada Research Chair in Literature and Creative Writing, Brandon University, 2005–2011.
SSHRC Research Fellow, University of Alberta, 1996–1998.
Research Excellence Award, University of Windsor, 2006.
Gold Medal for Exceptional Service to Brandon University, 2009.
Research Fellow, Ledig House, New York, 2004.
Research Fellow, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland, 1999.
Research Fellow, Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland, 2001.
Research Fellow, Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain, 2006.
Governor General's Award for Poetry nomination, for questions i asked my mother.
Governor General's Award for Poetry nomination, for Jerusalem, beloved.
McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award nomination, for So this is the world & here I am in it.
McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award nomination, for Wild Mother Dancing: Maternal Narrative in Canadian Literature.
McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award nomination, for Walking to Mojacar, with French and Spanish translations by Charles Leblanc and Ari Belathar.
Griffin Poetry Prize reading, including video clip
Giessener Elektronische Bibliothek: Julia Michael, Narrating communities: constructing and challenging Mennonite Canadian identities through narrative, thesis Universität Gießen 2017, therein Deconstructing Images of Motherhood in Di Brandt's "Mother, not mother", pp. 157–173
March 03, 2023
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Di Brandt born 31 January 1952 nee Janzen 1 often stylized as di brandt is a Canadian poet and scholar from Winnipeg Manitoba 2 She became Winnipeg s first Poet Laureate in 2018 3 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Bibliography 3 Awards and recognition 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLife and career EditBrandt grew up in Reinland a Mennonite farming village in southern Manitoba near Winkler 4 Her first volume of poetry questions i asked my mother was published by Turnstone Press in 1987 Since then she has published seven more volumes of poetry as well as literary criticism Brandt has degrees from the University of Manitoba and University of Toronto and has also taught Canadian literature and creative writing 5 She was poetry editor at Prairie Fire Magazine and Contemporary Verse 2 during the 1980s and 90s She also served as Manitoba and Prairie Rep at the League of Canadian Poets National Council and the Writers Union of Canada National Council In 2018 she became the first Poet Laureate of Winnipeg a position she held through 2019 6 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by MacEwan University in 2021 7 Bibliography EditPoetry questions i asked my mother Winnipeg Turnstone Press 1987 Agnes in the sky Winnipeg Turnstone Press 1990 mother not mother Toronto The Mercury Press 1992 Jerusalem beloved Winnipeg Turnstone Press 1995 Now You Care Toronto Coach House Press 2003 The Lottery of History Brandon MB Radish Press 2008 Chapbook Walking to Mojacar with French and Spanish translations by Charles Leblanc and Ari Belathar Winnipeg Turnstone Press 2010 SHE Poems inspired by Laozi with ink drawings by Lin Xu Brandon MB Radish Press 2012 Chapbook The Sweetest Dance on Earth New and Selected Poems Winnipeg Turnstone Press 2022 Essays Wild Mother Dancing Maternal Narrative in Canadian Literature Winnipeg MB University of Manitoba Press 1993 Dancing Naked Narrative Strategies for Writing Across Centuries Toronto Mercury Press 1996 Re Generations Canadian Women Poets in Conversation Windsor ON Black Moss Press 2006 ed with Barbara Godard So this is the world amp here I am in it Edmonton NeWest Press 2007 Wider Boundaries of Daring The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women s Poetry Waterloo ON Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2011 ed with Barbara Godard Collaborations Awakenings In Four Voices a collaborative poetry music audiorecording CD with Dorothy Livesay posthumously Carol Ann Weaver and Rebecca Campbell 2003 Emily The Way you Are a one woman chamber opera about the life and work of Emily Carr with musical score by Jana Skarecky premiered at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg ON in 2011 featuring mezzo soprano Ramona Carmelly and the Talisker Players directed by Gary Kulesha Watermelon Syrup A Novel with Annie Jacobsen and Jane Finlay Young WLUP 2011 Coyotes do not carry her away a musical setting of Di Brandt s poems by Manitoba composer Kenneth Nichols commissioned by the Brandon Chamber Society and premiered at Brandon City Hall in 2012 featuring Naomi Forman soprano Catherine Wood clarinet and Ann Germani harp Awards and recognition EditGerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry in Canada for questions i asked my mother McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award for Agnes in the sky CAA National Poetry Prize for Jerusalem beloved Foreword Gold Medal for Fiction for Watermelon Syrup Gabrielle Roy Prize for best book of literary criticism in Canada with Barbara Godard for Wider Boundaries of Daring The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women s Poetry Brandon University President s Medal for Research Teaching and Service 2011 Canada Research Chair in Literature and Creative Writing Brandon University 2005 2011 SSHRC Research Fellow University of Alberta 1996 1998 Research Excellence Award University of Windsor 2006 Gold Medal for Exceptional Service to Brandon University 2009 Research Fellow Ledig House New York 2004 Research Fellow Hawthornden Castle Scotland 1999 Research Fellow Chateau de Lavigny Switzerland 2001 Research Fellow Fundacion Valparaiso Spain 2006 Governor General s Award for Poetry nomination for questions i asked my mother Governor General s Award for Poetry nomination for Jerusalem beloved Griffin Poetry Prize 2004 shortlist for Now You Care 8 Trillium Ontario Book of the Year Award for Now You Care Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman nomination for mother not mother Pat Lowther Award nomination for Jerusalem beloved Pat Lowther Award nomination for Now You Care McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award nomination for So this is the world amp here I am in it McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award nomination for Wild Mother Dancing Maternal Narrative in Canadian Literature McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award nomination for Walking to Mojacar with French and Spanish translations by Charles Leblanc and Ari Belathar See also Edit Poetry portal Biography portal Canada portalCanadian literature Canadian poetry List of Canadian poets List of Canadian writersReferences Edit Di Brandt Quill and Quire Di Brandt Quill and Quire Retrieved May 21 2021 Winnipeg welcomes first poet laureate Di Brandt will make poetry relevant for Winnipeggers again December 11 2017 Winnipeg Free Press Di Brandt The Canadian Encyclopedia Retrieved May 21 2021 Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature Oxford University Press Meet Winnipeg s new poet laureate Winnipeg Free Press Retrieved May 21 2021 UWinnipeg s Di Brandt recognized University of Winnipeg Retrieved Nov 17 2021 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Di Brandt Retrieved 13 August 2018 External links EditDi Brandt s Archived 2011 06 08 at the Wayback Machine entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia Griffin Poetry Prize biography Griffin Poetry Prize reading including video clip Mennonite Voices in Poetry Giessener Elektronische Bibliothek Julia Michael Narrating communities constructing and challenging Mennonite Canadian identities through narrative thesis Universitat Giessen 2017 therein Deconstructing Images of Motherhood in Di Brandt s Mother not mother pp 157 173 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Di Brandt amp oldid 1141650634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
