Diana Hartog (born 1942 in Palo Alto, California) is a

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poet and fiction writer.Gordon Ripley, ''Who's Who in Canadian Literature''. Reference Press, 1997. p. 148. She won the

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in 1983 for her poetry collection ''Matinee Light'', and the

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in 1987 for ''Candy from Strangers''. She was also a shortlisted nominee for the

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in 1991 for her short story "Theories of Grief","Future winners". ''

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'', August 31, 1991. and for the Dorothy Livesay Prize in 1993 for ''Polite to Bees: A Bestiary''. She published the novel ''The Photographer's Sweethearts'' in 1996, and a new poetry collection, ''Ink Monkey'', in 2006. She lives in

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."New rules coming to get Canadian literature in schools". ''

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'', July 26, 2008.

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