Ann Diamond is a
Canadian
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poet,
short story
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writer, and
novelist.
Diamond's poetic tale, ''A Nun's Diary'', was adapted for theatre by Robert LePage and presented in Montreal and Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille.
[Jane Koustas. ]
Robert Lepage on the Toronto Stage: Language, Identity, Nation
'. McGill-Queen's University Press; 2016. . p. 80–.
In 2014 Diamond wrote a memoir, ''The Man Next Door'', about her friend and neighbour
Leonard Cohen.
"Music experts reflect on legacy of Leonard Cohen, 'a national treasure'"
''CTV News'', November 11, 2016. Meredith MacLeod
Selected works
;Poetry
* "Lil" (1977)
* "A Nun's Diary" (1984)
* "Terrorist Letters" (1992)
;Short stories
* "Snakebite" (1989)
* "Evil Eye" (1994) (winner of the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction)
;Novels
* "Mona's Dance" (1988)
* "Dead white males" (2000)
* "Static Control" (2005)
;Memoir
* "My Cold War" (2007)
See also
*List of Canadian poets
This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "earin poetry" articles.
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* Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Acqueli ...
*List of Canadian writers
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*List of Quebec writers
This is a list of authors from the Canadian province of Quebec.
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* José Acquelin
* Donald Alarie
* Francine Allard
* Ginette Anfousse
* François Réal Angers
* Emmanuel Aquin
* Hubert Aquin
* Nelly Arcan
*Gilles Archambault
*Olivar Asselin
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* Geist (magazine)
*Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec. They were known from 1988 to 1998 as the QSPEL ...
References
External links
Author's web siteQWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language authorsAnn Diamond
''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', Historica Canada
Archived
at the Wayback Machine.
Ann Diamond
at ''Geist
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Ann Diamond with John Asfour
1951 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian novelists
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women poets
Concordia University alumni
Canadian women short story writers
Writers from Montreal
20th-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
20th-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian short story writers
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