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