Miriam Mandel

Miriam Mandel
Born
Miriam Minovitch

(1930-06-24)June 24, 1930
Rockglen, Saskatchewan
DiedFebruary 13, 1982(1982-02-13) (aged 51)
Edmonton, Alberta
CitizenshipCanada Canadian
EducationB.A.
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan
SpouseEli Mandel
ChildrenEvie, Charles
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Notable awardsGovernor General's Award

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

Early life

Miriam Mandel was born in Rockglen, Saskatchewan. She gained her B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1950. 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. The couple had two children. In 1967 the couple divorced and Eli Mandel remarried.

Career

Shortly after their marriage broke up, Miriam Mandel began writing poetry. She won the Governor General's Award in 1973 for her first collection, Lions At Her Face. She later published two more collections of poetry.

Miriam Mandel was a long-time sufferer from depression. Patrick Lane was inspired by her to write his 1983 poem "And of the Measure of Winter We Are Sure".

Miriam Mandel died in Edmonton by suicide.

Novelist Sheila Watson edited Miriam Mandel's Collected Poems in 1984. The Miriam Mandel fonds is at the University of Calgary.

Bibliography

Poetry

  • 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. ISBN 0-920316-50-6 ISBN 978-0920316504

Non-fiction

  • 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. ISBN 0-919813-61-5 ISSN 0831-4497

Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy University of Saskatchewan.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mandel, Miriam, 1930-1982," Special Collections, University of Calgary Library, UCalgary.ca, Web, Apr, 24, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Mandel, Eli," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, URegina.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Elias (Eli) Wolf Mandel Biography," Estevan, Saskatchewan, Gent-Family.com, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Marlene Alt, "Mandel, Miriam[link removed]," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1290.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Questions and Answers, "And of the Measure of Winter We Are Sure Archived 2011-01-17 at the Wayback Machine," CanLit Poets, Canadian Literature,
  7. ↑ Lola Lemire Tostevin (1995). Subject to Criticism. Mercury Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 978-1-55128-025-7.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Bibliography of Works by Sheila Watson Archived 2010-11-06 at the Wayback Machine," English-Canadian Writers, AthabascaU.ca, Web, Apr. 22, 2011.
  10. ↑ "The Miriam Mandel Papers," University of Calgary Press," Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Books by former English Department Students," USask.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.