Lynnette D'anna
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Lynnette D'anna is a Manitoba-born writer and author of contemporary urban Canadian literature, currently living in Toronto, Ontario.
She was a finalist for the John Hirsch
Most Promising Manitoba Writer Award in 1992 following the publication of her first novel, sing me no more, published by Press Gang Publishers
using the author name Lynnette Dueck. Her second novel, RagTimeBone, a coming-of-age story for young adults published by New Star Books, is also available in German, translated and published as Zeit der Blöße by Argument Verlag (Hamburg) in 2000.
Her first three books—sing me no more, RagTimeBone and fool's bells—form a thematic trilogy. Belly Fruit, an erotic murder-mystery published by New Star Books in 2000, is a farcical examination of contemporary relationships, while Vixen, published in 2001 by Insomniac Press
, explores the themes of memory and censorship.
She was a finalist for the John Hirsch
John Hirsch
John Stephen Hirsch, OC was an Hungarian-Canadian theater director. He was born in Siófok, Hungary, and escaped Hungary during World War Two as a refugee orphan...
Most Promising Manitoba Writer Award in 1992 following the publication of her first novel, sing me no more, published by Press Gang Publishers
Press Gang Publishers
Press Gang Publishing was a [feminist]] printing and publishing collective active in [Vancouver, BC, Canada between the early 1970s and 2002.-Early history:...
using the author name Lynnette Dueck. Her second novel, RagTimeBone, a coming-of-age story for young adults published by New Star Books, is also available in German, translated and published as Zeit der Blöße by Argument Verlag (Hamburg) in 2000.
Her first three books—sing me no more, RagTimeBone and fool's bells—form a thematic trilogy. Belly Fruit, an erotic murder-mystery published by New Star Books in 2000, is a farcical examination of contemporary relationships, while Vixen, published in 2001 by Insomniac Press
Insomniac Press
Insomniac Press is a Canadian independent book publisher.Founded in 1992 and based in London, Ontario, Insomniac began as a publisher of poetry chapbooks. The company has since evolved into a publisher of a wide variety of fiction, poetry and non-fiction work by emerging Canadian writers...
, explores the themes of memory and censorship.
Awards
- Listed Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1997-98.
- Finalist, John Hirsch Most Promising Manitoba Writer Award, 1992
- Manitoba Community Newspapers Association Student Journalism Award, 1991–1992
- Winnipeg Press Club Student Journalism Award, 1991–1992
External links
- Fiction by D'anna
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- Manitoba Author Profile
- Insomniac Press Author Profile
- Open Library
- ABC Book World Author Profile