Difference between revisions of "Gwen Benaway"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
− | Transgender two spirited poet and writer of Anishinaabe and Métis descent. Recipient of the inaugural Speaker’s Award for a Young Author and in 2016 she received a Dayne Ogilvie Honour of Distinction for Emerging Queer Authors from the Writer’s Trust of Canada. | + | Transgender two spirited poet and writer of Anishinaabe and Métis descent. Recipient of the inaugural Speaker’s Award for a Young Author and in 2016 she received a Dayne Ogilvie Honour of Distinction for Emerging Queer Authors from the Writer’s Trust of Canada. Has also written non-fiction for The Globe and Mail and McLean's Magazine. Her work has been published and anthologized internationally. Recipient of a Governor General's Poetry Award for 'Holy Wild' (2019). |
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 18:30, 29 October 2019
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Country
Canada
Birth - Death
Occupation
Poet, Writer
Notable Achievements
Governor General's Award
Description
Transgender two spirited poet and writer of Anishinaabe and Métis descent. Recipient of the inaugural Speaker’s Award for a Young Author and in 2016 she received a Dayne Ogilvie Honour of Distinction for Emerging Queer Authors from the Writer’s Trust of Canada. Has also written non-fiction for The Globe and Mail and McLean's Magazine. Her work has been published and anthologized internationally. Recipient of a Governor General's Poetry Award for 'Holy Wild' (2019).