Marilyn Dumont

Marilyn Dumont (born 1955) is a Canadian poet of Cree/Métis descent.

Born in northeastern Alberta, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont.^[1] An educator and writer, Dumont holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia.^[2] Her work is widely anthologized.

Bibliography

• A Really Good Brown Girl. London, ON: Brick, 1996. ISBN 0-919626-76-9
• Green Girl Dreams Mountains. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books, 2001.
• that tongued belonging. Cape Croker ON: Kegedonce Press, 2007.
• Ed. Initiations: a Selection of Young Native Writings. Penticton: Theytus Books, 2007.

Awards

• 1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl
• 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains
• 2001: Writer's Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains
• 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging

Notable Criticism

• Barkwell, Lawrence J. “Marilyn Dumont” in Women of the Métis Nation. Winnipeg: Louis Riel Institute, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9809912-5-3

External links

• Brock University: Canadian Women Poets

References