Marianne Bluger (August 28, 1945 – October 29, 2005) was a Canadian poet. She was a recipient of the

Archibald Lampman Award The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, created by Blaine Marchand, and presented by the literary magazine '' Arc'', for the year's best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region. History The ...

Life

Bluger was born in

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. She graduated with distinction from

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where she studied pre-medical subjects and philosophy as well as taking poetry courses with

Louis Dudek Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital Hist ...

. She later dropped out of medical school to marry a Zen Master Samu of Toronto. They had two children: Michael "Maji" Kim (b. 1969), and Micheline "Agi" Mallory (b. 1970). She married Larry Neily, in 1991. She was executive secretary – treasurer of the Canadian Writers' Foundation, from 1975 to 2000. She co-founded Christians Against Apartheid, and the Tabitha Foundation.

Awards

*Canada Council *1993

Lampman-Scott Award The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, created by Blaine Marchand, and presented by the literary magazine '' Arc'', for the year's best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region. History Th ...

Works

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Anthologies

Reviews

Marianne Bluger's seventh book, ''Scissor, Paper, Woman'', invests in images so precise they resound far beyond the pages that contain them.

References

External links

"Author's website"
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