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Miriam Mandel (June 24, 1930 February 13, 1982) was a Canadian poet who won Canada's Governor General's Award.

Miriam Mandel
BornMiriam Minovitch
(1930-06-24)June 24, 1930
Rockglen, Saskatchewan
DiedFebruary 13, 1982(1982-02-13) (aged 51)
Edmonton, Alberta
LanguageEnglish
Citizenship Canadian
EducationB.A.
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan
Notable awardsGovernor General's Award
SpouseEli Mandel
ChildrenEvie, Charles

Early life


Miriam Mandel was born in Rockglen, Saskatchewan.[1] She gained her B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1950.[1] In 1949 she married Eli Mandel, and after her graduation the couple moved to Toronto where he worked on a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. After he received his doctorate in 1957, they moved to Edmonton, where he taught at the University of Alberta until 1967.[2] The couple had two children.[3] In 1967 the couple divorced and Eli Mandel remarried.[2]


Career


Shortly after their marriage broke up, Miriam Mandel began writing poetry.[4] She won the Governor General's Award in 1973 for her first collection, Lions At Her Face.[1] She later published two more collections of poetry.[5]

Miriam Mandel was a long-time sufferer from depression.[4] Patrick Lane was inspired by her to write his 1983 poem "And of the Measure of Winter We Are Sure".[6]

Miriam Mandel died in Edmonton by suicide.[4][7]

Novelist Sheila Watson edited Miriam Mandel's Collected Poems in 1984.[4][8] The Miriam Mandel fonds is at the University of Calgary.[1]


Bibliography



Poetry



Non-fiction


Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy University of Saskatchewan.[11]


References


  1. "Mandel, Miriam, 1930-1982," Special Collections, University of Calgary Library, UCalgary.ca, Web, Apr, 24, 2011.
  2. "Mandel, Eli," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, URegina.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
  3. "Elias (Eli) Wolf Mandel Biography," Estevan, Saskatchewan, Gent-Family.com, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
  4. Marlene Alt, "Mandel, Miriam," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1290.
  5. Frank Davey (April 2011). When Tish Happens: The Unlikely Story of Canada's Most Influential Literary Magazine. ECW Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-55490-944-5.
  6. Questions and Answers, "And of the Measure of Winter We Are Sure Archived 2011-01-17 at the Wayback Machine," CanLit Poets, Canadian Literature,
  7. Lola Lemire Tostevin (1995). Subject to Criticism. Mercury Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 978-1-55128-025-7.
  8. George Melnyk (1998). The Literary History of Alberta: From the end of the war to the end of the century. University of Alberta. pp. 74, 240. ISBN 978-0-88864-324-7.
  9. "Bibliography of Works by Sheila Watson Archived 2010-11-06 at the Wayback Machine," English-Canadian Writers, AthabascaU.ca, Web, Apr. 22, 2011.
  10. "The Miriam Mandel Papers," University of Calgary Press," Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
  11. "Books by former English Department Students," USask.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.





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