Dionne Brand
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Dionne Brand CM FRSC (born 7 January 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012 and first Black Poet Laureate.[1][2][3] She was admitted to the Order of Canada in 2017[4][5] and has won the Governor General's Award for Poetry, the Trillium Prize for Literature, the Pat Lowther Award for Poetry, the Harbourfront Writers' Prize, and the Toronto Book Award.[6] Brand currently resides in Toronto.[7]
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Born | (1953-01-07) 7 January 1953 (age 71) Guayaguayare, Trinidad and Tobago |
Occupation | poet |
Education | University of Toronto (BA) Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (MA) |
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