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'''Danielle (Dani) Couture''' (born 1978) is a [[Canadian]] poet and novelist.<ref name=xtra>[http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Weather_loss_and_grief_a_true_Canadian_novel-11221.aspx "Weather, loss and grief: a true Canadian novel"]. ''[[Xtra!]]'', December 8, 2011.</ref>
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'''Danielle (Dani) Couture''' (born 1978) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] poet and novelist.<ref name=xtra>[http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Weather_loss_and_grief_a_true_Canadian_novel-11221.aspx "Weather, loss and grief: a true Canadian novel"]. ''[[Xtra!]]'', December 8, 2011.</ref>


In 2011, Couture's second book of poetry, ''Sweet'', was shortlisted for the [[Trillium Book Award]] for Poetry in English<ref name=quill>[https://archive.today/20130630050535/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11829 "Emma Donoghue, Ken Sparling nominated for Trillium Book Award"]. ''[[Quill and Quire]]'', May 30, 2011.</ref> and won the [[ReLit Awards|ReLit Award]] for Poetry.<ref name=relit>[http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/10/24/winners-of-the-relit-awards-announced/ "Winners of the Relit Awards Announced"] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20111024202143/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/10/24/winners-of-the-relit-awards-announced/ |date=2011-10-24 }}. ''[[National Post]]'', October 24, 2011.</ref> In 2011, she also received an Honour of Distinction from the [[Writers' Trust of Canada]]'s [[Dayne Ogilvie Prize]].<ref name=xtra />
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Couture was born on a military base to a francophone father and an anglophone mother, both of whom were enlisted in the [[Canadian Forces]]. She has lived in ten cities, including [[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]], [[Vancouver]], [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] and [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]. She currently lives in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].


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She is also the literary editor at ''[[This Magazine]]''.
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Couture's poetry, essays, reviews and interviews have been published in various [[literary journals]] and [[magazines]] and anthologies, including ''[[The Walrus]],'' ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', ''Taddle Creek'', ''[[The Fiddlehead]]'', ''Arc'' and ''Best Canadian Poems in English."


==Biography==
In 2011, Couture's second book of poetry, ''Sweet'', was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English and won the Relit Award for Poetry. In 2011, she also received an Honour of Distinction from the [[Writers' Trust of Canada]]'s [[Dayne Ogilvie Prize]].<ref name=xtra />
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Couture was born on a military base to a francophone father and an anglophone mother, both of whom were enlisted in the [[Canadian Forces]]. She has lived in ten cities, including [[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]], [[Vancouver]], [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] and [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]. She currently lives in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].<ref name=brokenpencil>[http://www.brokenpencil.com/author/stacey-may-fowles/where-the-wild-things-are/ "Where the Wild Things Are"]. ''[[Broken Pencil]]'', July 11, 2011.</ref>


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Couture's poetry, essays, reviews and interviews have been published in various [[literary journals]] and [[magazines]] and anthologies, including ''[[The Walrus]],'' ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', ''[[Taddle Creek (magazine)|Taddle Creek]]'', ''[[The Fiddlehead]]'', ''Arc'' and ''Best Canadian Poems in English''.
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She is the literary editor at THIS Magazine.


==Books==
==Selected works==
===Poetry===
===Poetry===
*''Good Meat.'' Toronto: Pedlar Press, 2006.
*''Good Meat.'' Toronto: [[Pedlar Press]], 2006.
*''Sweet''. Toronto: Pedlar Press, 2010.
*''Sweet''. Toronto: [[Pedlar Press]], 2010.
*''YAW''. Toronto: Mansfield, 2014.
*''Listen Before Transmit''. Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn, 2018.<ref>[https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/listen-before-transmit "Listen Before Transmit"]. Wolsak & Wynn</ref>

===Chapbooks===
*''Black Sea Nettle''. Toronto: Anstruther, 2017.


===Novels===
===Novels===
*''Algoma''. Invisible Publishing, 2011
*''Algoma''. Invisible Publishing, 2011

==Awards and recognition==
*2011 Relit Award for Poetry
*2011 Shortlisted for [[Trillium Book Award]] for Poetry
*2011 Honour of Distinction [[Dayne Ogilvie Prize]]

==See also==
{{Portal| Poetry| Biography| Canada}}
*[[Canadian literature]]
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*[[Canadian poetry]]
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*[[List of Canadian poets]]
*[[List of Canadian writers]]


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*[http://www.danicouture.wordpress.com/ Dani Couture]
*{{Official website|https://danicouture.ca/}}
*[http://www.tla1.com/adult_author2.php?id=305/ Dani Couture at TLA]
*[https://www.thepoetryextension.com//dani/ Interview with Dani Couture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116211021/https://www.thepoetryextension.com//dani/ |date=2021-11-16 }} by ''The Poetry Extension''

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Danielle Couture
Dani Couture at the Eden Mills Writers Festival in 2012
Couture at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2012
Website
danicouture.ca

Danielle (Dani) Couture (born 1978) is a Canadian poet and novelist.[1]

In 2011, Couture's second book of poetry, Sweet, was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English[2] and won the ReLit Award for Poetry.[3] In 2011, she also received an Honour of Distinction from the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize.[1]

She is also the literary editor at This Magazine.

Biography[edit]

Couture was born on a military base to a francophone father and an anglophone mother, both of whom were enlisted in the Canadian Forces. She has lived in ten cities, including North Bay, Vancouver, Windsor and Taichung, Taiwan. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.[4]

Couture's poetry, essays, reviews and interviews have been published in various literary journals and magazines and anthologies, including The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Taddle Creek, The Fiddlehead, Arc and Best Canadian Poems in English.

Selected works[edit]

Poetry[edit]

  • Good Meat. Toronto: Pedlar Press, 2006.
  • Sweet. Toronto: Pedlar Press, 2010.
  • YAW. Toronto: Mansfield, 2014.
  • Listen Before Transmit. Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn, 2018.[5]

Chapbooks[edit]

  • Black Sea Nettle. Toronto: Anstruther, 2017.

Novels[edit]

  • Algoma. Invisible Publishing, 2011

Awards and recognition[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Weather, loss and grief: a true Canadian novel". Xtra!, December 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "Emma Donoghue, Ken Sparling nominated for Trillium Book Award". Quill and Quire, May 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "Winners of the Relit Awards Announced" Archived 2011-10-24 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. National Post, October 24, 2011.
  4. ^ "Where the Wild Things Are". Broken Pencil, July 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Listen Before Transmit". Wolsak & Wynn

External links[edit]


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