Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Xan Shian
Marilyn Bowering
BIO
Biography

Marilyn Bowering was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Victoria, BC. She received her M.A. Degree from the University of Victoria where she studied with Robin Skelton. A novelist, poet, and librettist, her work has been published and performed internationally. Her first novel, To All Appearances A Lady, was a New York Times Notable Book. Her second novel, Visible Worlds , was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for the Dublin IMPAC Prize, and awarded the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her most recent novel is What It Takes To Be Human. Her poetry has twice been short-listed for the Governor General’s Award: her most recent book of poetry is What Is Long Past Occurs in Full Light. Bowering has taught fiction and poetry at the University of Victoria and at Vancouver Island; and has  held a variety of short-term residencies from St. John’s to Wallawa. She was a Fulbright Scholar at NYC.  Her opera about Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn Forever) with the composer, Gavin Bryars has received new productions in the USA, Australia, United Kingdom, Austria and Germany. New fiction and a literary investigation/memoir are in progress.

ADDRESS
City: Victoria, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Additional work in film and opera.
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
What Is Long Past Occurs in Full Light (poetry)
Publisher
Mother Tongue Publishing
Year
2019
Title
Threshold (poetry)
Title
with photographs by Xan Shian
Publisher
Leaf Press
Year
2015
Title
Soul Mouth (poetry)
Title
short listed for the Pat Lowther Prize.
Publisher
Exile Editions
Year
2012
Title
Green (poetry)
Publisher
Exile Editions
Year
2007
Title
What It Takes To Be Human (novel)
Publisher
Penguin Canada
Title
Fall
Title
2006; Maia Books (UK)
Title
Summer
Title
2007
Publisher
2006/2007
Title
Das Grune Glastein (novel)
Title
German edition of Cat’s Pilgrimage
Publisher
Random House
Year
2006
Title
Calendar Poems
Title
translated into Punjabi by Ajmer Rode
Publisher
Third Eye Publications
Publisher
2005
Title
Cat’s Pilgrimage (novel)
Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2004
Title
The Alchemy of Happiness (poetry)
Title
short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay Prize
Publisher
Beach Holme
Year
2003
Title
Human Bodies
Title
New and Selected Poems 1987-1999
Publisher
Beach Holme
Year
1999
Title
Visible Worlds (novel)
Title
Ethel Wilson Prize
Title
short-listed for the Orange Prize
Title
long-listed for the Booker.
Publisher
Harper Collins
Year
Canada 1997 U.S.A. 1998 U.K 1998 Finland 1998 Germany 1999
Title
To All Appearances A Lady (novel)
Title
Novel. New York Times Notable Book
Title
1990; Short-listed for W.H. Smith First Novel Award; Short-listed for Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
Publisher
Random House
Title
Viking Penguin
Title
U.S.A. Hamish Hamilton
Title
U.K. Penguin
Title
U.K.
Publisher
Canada 1989 U.S.A. 1990 U.K. 1990 U.K. 1992 Canada 2007
Title
The Sunday Before Winter
Title
New and Selected Poetry
Title
Governor General’s Award short-list
Publisher
General Publishing
Year
1984
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