Marianne Bluger was born in Ottawa in 1945. She has a B.A. from McGill University and since 1975 has been Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Canadian Writers' Federation. She is a field-naturalist, birder, gardener, dart player, and avid devotee of modern Japanese forms.
Awards
Archibald Lampman Award, 1993.
The Valley Writers' Guild Poetry Prize.
Selected Publications
The Thumbless Man. (Three Trees Press, 1981).
On Nights Like This. (Brick Books, 1984).
Gathering Wild. (Brick Books, 1988).
Summer Grass. (Brick Books, 1992).
Tamarack and Clearcut. (Carleton University Press, 1996).
Gusts. (Selected tanka). (Penumbra Press, 1998).
Books in Print
Bluger, Marianne
Gathering Wild. Brick Books, 1988. $7.50 ISBN: 0-919626-35-1.
Gusts. Selected Tanka. Penumbra Press, 1998. $14.95 ISBN 0-921254-86-5.
On Nights Like This. Brick Books, 1984. $6.95 ISBN: 0-919626-25-4.
Summer Grass. Brick Books, 1992. $10.95 ISBN: 0-919626-59-9.
Tamarack and Clearcut. Carleton University Press, 1996. $24.95 ISBN 0-88629-243-1.
Marianne Bluger 124 Clarendon Av Ottawa ON K1Y 0R3
mbluger@rogers.com
http://http://www.mariannebluger.com
Poet in the School
(Ottawa)
phone: 613-722-1633
Marianne was born in Ottawa. She has a B.A. from McGill University and since 1975 has been Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Canadian Writers' Federation. She is a field-naturalist, birder, gardener, dart player and avid devotee of modern Japanese forms. In 1993 she received the Archibald Lampman Award, and her publications include Summer Grass, and Gathering Wild.
Grade Levels: all
Fees: standard
Classroom Approach:
For
the visit, students should prepare a few lines. Marianne begins her visit by
giving a brief talk about why she thinks poetry is vital for everyone to a)
write and b) read. Then she reads her poetry to illustrate how poems allow us
emotional, social, political and spiritual scope. Then they rejoice together
in some of the students work. The students are then asked if they would like
to send her their poetry after the visit for her to read. She has made a few
wonderful young poet friends that way.