Dionne Brand
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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 on issues relating to black women. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago and came to Canada to study at the University of Toronto. She is an active fighter for the rights of marginalized communities, especially blacks and women.
Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Di Brandt.
Works
- Fore Day Morning - 1978
- Earth Magic - 1979
- Primitive Offensive - 1982
- Winter Epigrams - 1983
- Chronicles of the Hostile Sun - 1984
- Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking of Racism - 1986
- Sans Souci and Other Stories - 1988, short stories
- No Language is Neutral - 1990 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award)
- No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women in Ontario, 1920s-1950s - 1991
- Bread Out of Stone - 1994
- In Another Place, Not Here - 1996
- Land to Light On - 1997 (Won the 1997 Governor General's Award for poetry)
- At the Full and Change of the Moon - 1999, novel
- Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging - 2001
- thirsty - 2003 (nominated for the Griffin Poetry Prize)
- What We All Long For - 2004, novel