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Diane Keating

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Diane Keating
Born1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Occupationpoet, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period1970s-present
Notable worksNo Birds or Flowers

Diane Keating is a Canadian writer.[1] She is most noted for her poetry collection No Birds or Flowers, which was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1982 Governor General's Awards.[2] She published two further poetry collections in the 1980s,[3] as well as the career anthology The Year One: New and Selected Poems in 2001.[4]

In 1989, her short story "The Crying Out" was published in the Journey Prize anthology,[5] and in 1991, she was a Journey Prize finalist for her short story "The Salem Letters".[6] Both stories were excerpts from a novel in progress, which was originally slated for publication in 1992[7] but was withdrawn at that time and was not published until 2014.[8]

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she was educated at the University of Manitoba.[9]

Works

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  • In Dark Places (1978)
  • No Birds or Flowers (1982)
  • Mad Apples (1983)
  • The Optic Heart (1984)
  • The Year One: New and Selected Poems (2001)
  • The Crying Out (2014)

References

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  1. ^ "Bantering bards revel in each other's differences". Vancouver Sun, April 10, 1992.
  2. ^ "Finalists declared in literary awards". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1983.
  3. ^ "Poetry for eyes and ears". The Globe and Mail, August 17, 1985.
  4. ^ "Good Reasons to Publish Selected Poems". Books in Canada.
  5. ^ "Anthology has Canada's best". Calgary Herald, August 26, 1989.
  6. ^ "Prize finalists named". Halifax Daily News, September 1, 1991.
  7. ^ "Publishers unleash bumper book crop". Toronto Star, February 22, 1992.
  8. ^ "Connection to Salem burdened by gloom". Winnipeg Free Press, January 17, 2015.
  9. ^ "Keating, Diane (Margaret) 1940-". Encyclopedia.com.