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(Jennivien) Diana Brebner (May 20, 1956 - April 29, 2001) was a Canadian poet. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose"

Born in Kingston, Ontario, the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants, she grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk She was educated at the University of Ottawa, the city she made her home for the remainder of her life. For the university in Ottawa Kansas see Ottawa University. The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French

Brebner won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1991 for Radiant Life Forms, the Pat Lowther Award in 1994 for The Golden Lotus, the Archibald Lampman Award in 1997 for Flora & Fauna. The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of Poetry by a Canadian woman The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian Literary award, created by Blaine Marchand and for the last few years presented by the literary magazine

Her posthumous collection, The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, was edited by Stephanie Bolster and published in 2005. Stephanie Bolster is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University.

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