Marilyn Dumont (born 1955,

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) is a Canadian poet and educator of

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descent. Born in northeastern

, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont.Canada Council for the Arts
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. Author biography. Retrieved 2012-02-17. Her work is widely anthologized. She is currently a Full Professor at the

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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.

Bibliography

*''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.

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. Publisher: M.u.H. von der Linden, Wesel 2009 * Ed. ''Initiations: a Selection of Young Native Writings.'' Penticton: Theytus Books, 2007.

Awards

*1997:

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receive ...

, ''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 Stephan G. Stephansson (October 3, 1853 – August 10, 1927) was a Western Icelander, poet, and farmer. His given name was Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson. Early Life He was born in Skagafjörður, Iceland but immigrated to Wisconsin, Uni ...

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

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 Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born January 20, 1952, in Berkeley, California) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. After undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara and Goddard College, she received an MFA from t ...

and

Louise Bernice Halfe Louise Bernice Halfe is a Cree poet and social worker from Canada. Halfe's Cree name is Sky Dancer. At the age of seven, she was forced to attend Blue Quills Residential School in St. Paul, Alberta. Halfe signed with Coteau Books in 1994 and ha ...

.'' Grin, Munich 2012 * Vesna Lopičić: ''The devil’s language of Marilyn Dumont.'' . In: Neohelicon, Springer (Netherlands) March 2017, pp 1–12, print:

External links

Brock University: Canadian Women Poets

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, added: bibliography by and about her

References

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