Miriam Mandel (June 24, 1930 – February 13, 1982) was a Canadian poet who won Canada's Governor General's Award.
Miriam Mandel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Miriam Minovitch June 24, 1930 Rockglen, Saskatchewan |
| Died | February 13, 1982 (aged 51) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship |  Canadian |
| Education | B.A. |
| Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award |
| Spouse | Eli Mandel |
| Children | Evie, Charles |
Early life
editMiriam 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
editShortly 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
editPoetry
edit- Lions at Her Face. Edmonton: White Pelican Publications, 1973.
- Station 14. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 1977. ISBN 0-920316-08-5 ISBN 978-0920316085
- Where Have You Been?. Edmonton: Longspoon Press, 1980. ISBN 0-919285-00-7 ISBN 9780919285002
- The Collected Poems of Miriam Mandel. Sheila Watson, ed. Edmonton: Longspoon Press, 1984.[9] ISBN 0-920316-50-6 ISBN 978-0920316504
Non-fiction
edit- Miriam Mandel et al. Herpes Handbook: A Guide For the Diagnosis and Management of Herpes Genitals. Toronto: R.E.A.C.H., 1981.
- The Miriam Mandel Papers. Sandra Mortensen, compiler; Apollonia Steele and Jean F. Tener, ed. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1990.[10] ISBN 0-919813-61-5 ISSN 0831-4497
Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy University of Saskatchewan.[11]
References
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- ^ a b c d "Mandel, Miriam, 1930-1982," Special Collections, University of Calgary Library, UCalgary.ca, Web, Apr, 24, 2011.
- ^ a b "Mandel, Eli," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, URegina.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
- ^ "Elias (Eli) Wolf Mandel Biography," Estevan, Saskatchewan, Gent-Family.com, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Marlene Alt, "Mandel, Miriam," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1290.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Questions and Answers, "And of the Measure of Winter We Are Sure Archived 2011-01-17 at the Wayback Machine," CanLit Poets, Canadian Literature,
- ^ Lola Lemire Tostevin (1995). Subject to Criticism. Mercury Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 978-1-55128-025-7.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bibliography of Works by Sheila Watson Archived 2010-11-06 at the Wayback Machine," English-Canadian Writers, AthabascaU.ca, Web, Apr. 22, 2011.
- ^ "The Miriam Mandel Papers," University of Calgary Press," Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
- ^ "Books by former English Department Students," USask.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.