Marilyn Bowering
Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada ) is a Canadian poet , writer and playwright .
Life
Marilyn Bowering was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and later grew up in Victoria , British Columbia . After living in Seville , Spain for several years , she currently resides in Sooke , British Columbia. The writer is married and has a daughter.
After numerous nominations won Bowering 1998 to the BC Book Prizes belonging Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her work Visible Worlds .
Two of her novels have been translated into German and one into Finnish.
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- Novels
- The Visitors Have All Returned - 1979
- To All Appearances a Lady - 1989
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Visible Worlds - 1997
- The truth of the world . German by Kristian Lutze, Goldmann, Munich 1999. ISBN 3-442-75025-3 .
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Cat's Pilgrimage - 2004
- The green glass block . German by Leon Mengden, btb, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-73402-3 .
- What It Takes to Be Human - 2007
- Poems
- The Liberation of Newfoundland - 1973
- One Who Became Lost - 1976
- The Killing Room - 1977
- The Book of Glass - 1978
- Sleeping With Lambs - 1980
- Giving Back Diamonds - 1982
- The Sunday Before Winter - 1984
- Grandfather was a Soldier - 1987
- Anyone Can See I Love You - 1987
- Calling All the World - 1989
- Love As It Is - 1993
- Autobiography - 1996
- Human Bodies: Collected Poems 1987-1999 - 1999
- The Alchemy of Happiness - 2003
- Green - 2007
- Anthologies
- Many Voices, An anthology of contemporary Canadian Indian Poetry , with David Day . 1977
- Dramas
- Anyone Can See I Love You - 1988
- Hajimari-No-Hajimari, four myths of the Pacific Rim - 1986
- Temple of the Stars - 1996
- Radio productions
- Grandfather was a Soldier - 1983
- Anyone Can See I Love You - 1986
- Laika and Folchakov, a Journey in Time and Space - 1987
- A Cold Departure, the Liaison of George Sand and Frederic Chopin - 1989
- libretto
- Marilyn forever. Chamber opera 2010–2013, music by Gavin Bryars , libretto Marilyn Bowering
Awards and nominations
- 1978: National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold
- 1984: nominated for the Governor General's Award for Fiction ( The Sunday Before Winter )
- 1989: National Magazine Award for Poetry, Silver
- 1989: Shortlist : Books in Canada First Novel Award ( To All Appearances a Lady )
- 1994: Long Poem Prize, The Malahat Review
- 1997: Pat Lowther Award for poetry, ( Autobiography )
- 1997: nominated for the Governor General's Award fo Fiction ( Autobiography )
- 1997: nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize ( Autobiography )
- 1998: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize , ( Visible Worlds )
- 1999: Shortlist for the Orange Prize , ( Visible Worlds )
- 2004: Shortlist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, 2004 ( The Alchemy of Happiness )
- 2007: Shortlist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize ( What It Takes to Be Human )
Web links
- Homepage of Marilyn Bowering . Accessed September 26, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://marilynbowering.com/biography/
- ^ Marilyn Bowering ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved August 21, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bowering, Marilyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |