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Marilyn Dumont

まりりん・でゅもん

Marilyn Dumont

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955 (Olds, Alberta)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Northeastern Alberta

Career

Occupations
poet, professor
Active Years
1996-
Affiliations
University of Alberta

Education

University of British Columbia
Degree: MFA
Country: Canada

Awards

Gerald Lampert Award
1997
Work: A Really Good Brown Girl
Category: Poetry
Organization: League of Canadian Poets
Result: 受賞
Alberta Book Award for Poetry
2001
Work: Green Girl Dreams Mountains
Category: Poetry
Organization: Alberta Book Publishers' Association
Result: 受賞
Stephan G. Stephansson Award
2001
Work: Green Girl Dreams Mountains
Category: Poetry
Organization: Writer's Guild of Alberta
Result: 受賞
McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award
2007
Work: That Tongued Belonging
Result: 受賞
Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Artist Award
2019
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Really Good Brown Girl

1996 Poetry

Green Girl Dreams Mountains

2001 Poetry

That Tongued Belonging

2007 Poetry
Translations
  • diese Zugehörigkeit durch die Zunge (German)

Bibliography

  • A Really Good Brown Girl (1996)
  • Green Girl Dreams Mountains (2001)
  • that tongued belonging (2007)
  • Initiations: a Selection of Young Native Writings (ed., 2007)

Legacy

Recognized as a Cree/Métis Canadian poet, acclaimed for works exploring Indigenous identity.

Trivia

  • Descendant of Gabriel Dumont.
  • Cree/Métis descent.