Danielle (Dani) Couture (born 1978) is a

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poet and novelist."Weather, loss and grief: a true Canadian novel"
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'', December 8, 2011. In 2011, Couture's second book of poetry, ''Sweet'', was shortlisted for the

Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award (french: Prix littéraire Trillium or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is ov ...

for Poetry in English"Emma Donoghue, Ken Sparling nominated for Trillium Book Award"
'' Quill and Quire'', May 30, 2011. and won the ReLit Award for Poetry."Winners of the Relit Awards Announced"
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'', October 24, 2011. In 2011, she also received an Honour of Distinction from the Writers' Trust of Canada's

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. She is also the literary editor at ''

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Biography

Couture was born on a military base to a francophone father and an anglophone mother, both of whom were enlisted in the

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. She has lived in ten cities, including North Bay,

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, Windsor and

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. She currently lives in

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."Where the Wild Things Are"
'' Broken Pencil'', July 11, 2011. Couture's poetry, essays, reviews and interviews have been published in various

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and magazines and anthologies, including '' The Walrus,'' ''

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'', ''Arc'' and ''Best Canadian Poems in English''.

Selected works

Poetry

*''Good Meat.'' Toronto:

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, 2006. *''Sweet''. Toronto:

, 2010. *''YAW''. Toronto: Mansfield, 2014. *''Listen Before Transmit''. Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn, 2018."Listen Before Transmit"
Wolsak & Wynn

Chapbooks

*''Black Sea Nettle''. Toronto: Anstruther, 2017.

Novels

*''Algoma''. Invisible Publishing, 2011

Awards and recognition

*2011 Relit Award for Poetry *2011 Shortlisted for

for Poetry *2011 Honour of Distinction

References

External links

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Dani Couture at TLAInterview with Dani Couture
by ''The Poetry Extension'' 1978 births Living people Canadian women poets Canadian women novelists Novelists from Toronto Poets from Toronto University of Windsor alumni 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian LGBT poets Canadian LGBT novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian LGBT people {{Canada-writer-stub