Marilyn Dumont

Marilyn Dumont (born 1955, Olds, Alberta) is a Canadian poet and educator of Cree / Métis descent.

Born in northeastern Alberta, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont. Dumont holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her work is widely anthologized. She is currently a Full Professor at the University of Alberta cross appointed in the Faculties of Arts and Native Studies. In the Faculty of Arts - English & Film Studies Department she teaches Indigenous Literature and creative writing.

Awards

 * 1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl
 * 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains
 * 2001: Writer's Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains
 * 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging
 * 2019: Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Artist Award

Notable criticism

 * Barkwell, Lawrence J.: Marilyn Dumont, in Women of the Métis Nation. Winnipeg: Louis Riel Institute, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9809912-5-3
 * Patrick Schmitz: The aspect of healing in the poetry of Gregory Scofield, Marilyn Dumont, Roo Borson and Louise Bernice Halfe. Grin, Munich 2012 ISBN 9783656151364
 * Vesna Lopičić: The devil’s language of Marilyn Dumont. . In: Neohelicon, Springer (Netherlands) March 2017, pp 1–12, print: