Danielle (Dani) Couture (born 1978) is a Canadian poet and novelist.[1]
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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
- 2011 Relit Award for Poetry
- 2011 Shortlisted for Trillium Book Award for Poetry
- 2011 Honour of Distinction Dayne Ogilvie Prize
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Weather, loss and grief: a true Canadian novel". Xtra!, December 8, 2011.
- ^ "Emma Donoghue, Ken Sparling nominated for Trillium Book Award". Quill and Quire, May 30, 2011.
- ^ "Winners of the Relit Awards Announced" Archived 2011-10-24 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. National Post, October 24, 2011.
- ^ "Where the Wild Things Are". Broken Pencil, July 11, 2011.
- ^ "Listen Before Transmit". Wolsak & Wynn
External links edit
- Official website
- Dani Couture at TLA
- Interview with Dani Couture Archived 2021-11-16 at the Wayback Machine by The Poetry Extension
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