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Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer who focuses in issues on to black women. She was natural within Trinidad & Tobago & come to Canada to survey at a University of Toronto. She is an active fighter for the rights of marginalized communities, especially blacks & women.
Despite a similarity of their list, she should non exist as confused sustaining poet Di Brandt.
Works
Forward Day Morning - 1978
Globe Magic - 1979
Primitive Offensive - 1982
Winter Epigrams - 1983
Story of the Hostile Sun - 1984
Lakes Use Sources, Trees Own Roots: Speaking of Racism - 1986
Sans Souci & More Stories - 1988, short stories
There are no Language is Neutral - 1990 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award)
There are no Effect to Carry: Story of Melanize Working Women inside Ontario, 1920s-1950s - 1991
Bread Away from Stone - 1994
In Another Place, Non On this button - 1996
Land to Weak In - 1997 (Won the 1997 Governor General's Award for poetry)
At a Good & Vary of the Moon - 1999, novel
Map to the Door of There are no Go to: Notes to Belonging - 2001
thirsty - 2002 (shortlisted for the 2003 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
What I A lot Long For - 2004, novel
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