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{{Short description|Canadian poet}}
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'''(Jennivien) Diana Brebner''' (May 20, 1956 [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]] - April 29, 2001 [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[poet]].
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'''(Jennivien) Diana Brebner''' (May 20, 1956 – April 29, 2001) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[poet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.booksincanada.com/article_view.asp?id=4536|title=Books in Canada - Review|website=www.booksincanada.com|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> She was a recipient of the [[Archibald Lampman Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Heward|first=Burt|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/463858056/|title=Ottawa Poets Top National Contest|date=May 19, 1990|work=The Ottawa Citizen}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
She is the eldest daughter of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] immigrants; she grew up in a suburb of [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. She was educated at the [[University of Ottawa]], the city she made her home for the remainder of her life.
Diana Brebner was the eldest daughter of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] immigrants and grew up in a suburb of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. She was educated at the [[University of Ottawa]], the city she made her home for the remainder of her life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/455909681/|title=Book Launch and Reading|date=November 21, 2004|work=The Ottawa Citizen|page=C13}}</ref>


Brebner's first three collections of poetry were published by [[Hendrika Ruger]] on Netherlandic Press.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brebner|first=Diana|title=The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems|publisher=McGill-Queens University Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0773528352|editor-last=Bolster|editor-first=Stephanie|pages=165}}</ref> Her posthumous collection, ''The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems'', was edited by [[Stephanie Bolster]] and published in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/index.php/en/article/stephanie-bolster|title=Stephanie Bolster {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded annually by ''Arc'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arcpoetry.ca/mag/contests/diana_brebner_prize.php |title=::Arc Poetry::Mag::Diana Brebner Prize:: |access-date=2009-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820001959/http://www.arcpoetry.ca/mag/contests/diana_brebner_prize.php |archive-date=2009-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arcpoetry.ca/2019/09/30/2015-diane-brebner-prize-winner-and-runner-up-announced-2/|title=Announcing the 2019 Diana Brebner Prize Winner and Honourable Mention|date=2019-10-01|website=Arc Poetry|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09|archive-date=2019-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230153019/http://arcpoetry.ca/2019/09/30/2015-diane-brebner-prize-winner-and-runner-up-announced-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Her posthumous collection, ''The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems'', was edited by [[Stephanie Bolster]] and published in 2005. The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded annually by ''Arc'' magazine.<ref>http://www.arcpoetry.ca/mag/contests/diana_brebner_prize.php</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*''Radiant Life Forms'' (1990) ISBN 0-919417-21-3
*''Radiant Life Forms'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-919417-21-3}}
*''The Golden Lotus'' (1993) ISBN 0-919417-31-0
*''The Golden Lotus'' (1993) {{ISBN|0-919417-31-0}}
*''Flora & Fauna'' (1996) ISBN 0-919417-44-2
*''Flora & Fauna'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-919417-44-2}}
*{{cite book| title=The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A5l29KiCpbYC&dq=Diana+Brebner&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=pNdAn7dwug&sig=YU7WdvzLO6tgLn7xsBJS08WiXdk&hl=en&ei=CxmhSo_lL9TgnAfO4MGPBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false| publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP| date=2004| isbn=9780773528352 }}
*{{cite book| title=The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A5l29KiCpbYC&q=Diana+Brebner| publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP| year=2004| isbn=978-0-7735-2835-2 }}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=142 "Arc Magazine Contest Deadline and a Reading", ''branta'']
*[https://archive.today/20130125003849/http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=142 "Arc Magazine Contest Deadline and a Reading", ''branta'']

{{Gerald Lampert Award}}
{{Pat Lowther Award}}
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 30 April 2024

Diana Brebner
BornMay 20, 1956
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
DiedApril 29, 2001(2001-04-29) (aged 44)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupationpoet

(Jennivien) Diana Brebner (May 20, 1956 – April 29, 2001) was a Canadian poet.[1] She was a recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award.[2]

Life[edit]

Diana Brebner was the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants and grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. She was educated at the University of Ottawa, the city she made her home for the remainder of her life.[3]

Brebner's first three collections of poetry were published by Hendrika Ruger on Netherlandic Press.[4] Her posthumous collection, The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, was edited by Stephanie Bolster and published in 2005.[5] The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded annually by Arc magazine.[6][7]

Awards[edit]

Brebner won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1991 for Radiant Life Forms, the Pat Lowther Award in 1994 for The Golden Lotus, the Archibald Lampman Award in 1997 for Flora & Fauna.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Radiant Life Forms (1990) ISBN 0-919417-21-3
  • The Golden Lotus (1993) ISBN 0-919417-31-0
  • Flora & Fauna (1996) ISBN 0-919417-44-2
  • The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 2004. ISBN 978-0-7735-2835-2.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Books in Canada - Review". www.booksincanada.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  2. ^ Heward, Burt (May 19, 1990). "Ottawa Poets Top National Contest". The Ottawa Citizen.
  3. ^ "Book Launch and Reading". The Ottawa Citizen. November 21, 2004. p. C13.
  4. ^ Brebner, Diana (2004). Bolster, Stephanie (ed.). The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems. McGill-Queens University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0773528352.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Bolster | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  6. ^ "::Arc Poetry::Mag::Diana Brebner Prize::". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  7. ^ "Announcing the 2019 Diana Brebner Prize Winner and Honourable Mention". Arc Poetry. 2019-10-01. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-04-09.

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