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==Notable Achievements==
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Governor General's Award
  
 
==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.  Work has been published and anthologized internationally.  
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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==
  
 
* [[The Two-Spirit, Aboriginal, and Native LGBTQ Community]]
 
* [[The Two-Spirit, Aboriginal, and Native LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Notable Transgender Writers]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
  
 
* https://gwenbenaway.wordpress.com/
 
* https://gwenbenaway.wordpress.com/

Latest revision as of 20:58, 19 September 2021

Gwen Benaway

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).

See Also

Further Reading/Research