Diana Hartog

Diana Hartog (born 1942 in Palo Alto, California) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.[1] She won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1983 for her poetry collection Matinee Light,[1] and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 1987 for Candy from Strangers.[2]

Diana Hartog
BornOctober 25, 1942
Palo Alto, California
Occupationpoet, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period1980s-present
Notable worksMatinee Light, Candy from Strangers, The Photographer's Sweethearts

She was also a shortlisted nominee for the Journey Prize in 1991 for her short story "Theories of Grief",[3] and for the Dorothy Livesay Prize in 1993 for Polite to Bees: A Bestiary.[4]

She published the novel The Photographer's Sweethearts in 1996,[5] and a new poetry collection, Ink Monkey, in 2006.[6]

She lives in New Denver, British Columbia.[7]

References
  1. Gordon Ripley, Who's Who in Canadian Literature. Reference Press, 1997. p. 148.
  2. "Haida artist book wins two awards". Vancouver Sun, October 31, 1987.
  3. "Future winners". Kingston Whig-Standard, August 31, 1991.
  4. "Book prize finalists announced". Vancouver Sun, March 20, 1993.
  5. "Mystic hero plays God, ends up as Devil". Toronto Star, April 27, 1996.
  6. "Structure moves in, out of lucidity". Winnipeg Free Press, June 25, 2006.
  7. "New rules coming to get Canadian literature in schools". Vancouver Sun, July 26, 2008.


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