Ann Diamond (born 11 April 1951 in
Montreal
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)
is a
Canadian
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poet
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,
short story
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writer
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, and
novelist
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.
Early life
Diamond was born 11 April 1951 in
Montreal
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.
She received a
Bachelor of Arts
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from
Concordia University
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before studying creative writing at
Goddard College
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.
Early work
Diamond's first book, ''Lil'', was published in 1977. Her second book, ''A Nun's Diary'', was adapted for theatre by Robert LePage (retitled ''Echo'')
and presented in Montreal and Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Her third book of poetry, ''Terrorist Letters'', was published in 1992.
Expanding beyond poetry, Diamond released her first novel, ''Mona's Dance'', in 1989, followed by her short story collections ''Snakebite'' in 1989 and ''Evil Eye'' in 1991. Her narrative style has been called "distinctive" as it "blur
... realism and surrealism";
her fiction also tends to "feature female characters burdened by painful relationships."
''Evil Eye'' went one to win the 1994
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.
In 2000, Diamond released ''Dead White Males'', followed by ''Static Control'' in 2006.
Early life
In 2006, Diamond published a memoir, ''My Cold War'', where she claims to be a victim of secret mind-control experiments, allegedly sponsored by the American CIA.
The book was republished under the title ''A Certain Girl'' in 2011.
In 2014, Diamond published ''The Man Next Door'' about her friend and neighbour
Leonard Cohen
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. Since then Diamond has made claims that Cohen was a CIA and
Mossad
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agent who warned of a genocide of non-Jews planned by an unnamed cabal.
Personal life
Diamond has stated that she has a
sub-personality that is a "shaman whose deep mission is liberating stories from the world of the unconscious".
Selected works
Poetry
* ''Lil'' (1977)
* ''A Nun's Diary'' (1984)
* ''Terrorist Letters'' (1992)
Short story collections
* ''Snakebite'' (1989)
* ''Evil Eye'' (1991), winner of the
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Novels
* ''Mona's Dance'' (1989)
* ''Dead White Males'' (2000)
* ''Static Control'' (2006)
Memoir
* ''My Cold War'' (2006), republished as ''A Certain Girl'' in 2011
See also
*
List of Canadian poets
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* Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
* Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Ac ...
*
List of Canadian writers
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List of Quebec writers
This is a list of authors from the Canadian province of Quebec.
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* José Acquelin
* Donald Alarie
* Francine Allard
* Ginette Anfousse
* François Réal Angers
* Emmanuel Aquin
*Hubert Aquin
* Nelly Arcan
*Gilles Archambault
* Olivar Asselin
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*
''Geist'' (magazine)
*
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
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References
External links
Author's web siteQWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language authorsAnn Diamond
at ''Geist
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''.com
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian novelists
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women poets
Concordia University alumni
Canadian women short story writers
Canadian conspiracy theorists
Poets from Montreal
20th-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
20th-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian short story writers
Novelists from Montreal