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{{short description|Canadian poet, novelist and playwright|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox author
| name             = Marilyn Bowering
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|April 13, 1949}}
| nationality      = Canadian
| occupation       = Poet, novelist and playwright
| birth_place      = [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]
| alma_mater       = [[University of Victoria]]
}}
'''Marilyn Bowering''' (born April 13, 1949) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[poet]],<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5EjpAAAAMAAJ Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People]''. Vol. 12. Canadian Library Association; 1984. p. 252.</ref> [[novelist]] and [[playwright]].  As well as several adventure novels and many books of poetry, Bowering has also scripted a number of dramatic works and a libretto.

==Personal life==
Bowering was born in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], and grew up in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]]. She studied English at the [[University of Victoria]], and graduated with a Master of Arts degree.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marilyn-bowering/ Marilyn Bowering's] entry in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]</ref>

Bowering presently lives in [[Sooke, British Columbia|Sooke]], British Columbia; she is married and has one daughter.<ref>[http://www.timescolonist.com/thread-of-melancholy-runs-through-marilyn-monroe-opera-1.625231 "Thread of melancholy runs through Marilyn Monroe opera"]. 
Kevin Bazzana	/ ''Times Colonist'', September 15, 2013</ref>

==Career==
In 1987, Bowering wrote a book of poetic monologues, titled ''Anyone Can See I Love You'', which was later adapted as a radio drama.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/preview/la-et-cm-ca-preview-marilyn-forever-20150315-story.html "'Marilyn Forever' opera reveals composer Gavin Bryars' collaborative spirit"]. Mike Boehm ''Los Angeles Times'', Mar 13, 2015</ref>  In 1998 she wrote an adventure story, ''[[Visible Worlds]]'', which received positive reviews.<ref name="Nooy2005">{{Cite book |last=Nooy |first=Juliana De |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD-HDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA161 |title=Twins in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Look Twice |date=2005-06-21 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-28686-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Company1999">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mW8OAQAAMAAJ |title=Book Review Digest |date=1999 |publisher=[[H. W. Wilson Company]] |volume=95 |page=186 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, her book of poetry, ''Soul Mouth'', was published.<ref>[http://www.malahatreview.ca/reviews/183reviews_weingarten.html "Marilyn Bowering, Soul Mouth"]. ''Malahat Review'', Poetry Review by J. A. Weingarten</ref>

In 2013 Bowering worked with composer Gavin Bryars to create the libretto for a chamber opera, ''Marilyn Forever'', about Marilyn Monroe.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marilyn-monroe-opera-gets-us-783155 "'Marilyn Forever' librettist Marilyn Bowering talks about the screen siren's romantic idealism."]. ''Hollywood Reporter'',  3/20/2015 by Jordan Riefe</ref><ref>[http://www.timescolonist.com/thread-of-melancholy-runs-through-marilyn-monroe-opera-1.625231 "Thread of melancholy runs through Marilyn Monroe opera"]. 
Kevin Bazzana	/ ''Times Colonist'', September 15, 2013</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
*National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold 1978
*Nominated for the 1984 [[Governor General's Award]] (''The Sunday Before Winter'')
*National Magazine Award for Poetry, Silver 1989
*Long Poem Prize, ''The Malahat Review'', 1994
*Pat Lowther Award for poetry, 1997 (''Autobiography'')
*Nominated for the 1997 Governor General's Award (''Autobiography'')
*Nominated for the 1997 [[Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize]] (''Autobiography'')
*[[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]], 1998 (''Visible Worlds'')
*Short-listed for the [[Orange Prize]], 1999 (''Visible Worlds'')
*Short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, 2004 (''The Alchemy of Happiness'')
*Short-listed for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize 2007 (''What It Takes to Be Human'')

== Publications ==
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===Novels===
*''The Visitors Have All Returned'' - 1979
*''To All Appearances a Lady'' - 1989
*''Visible Worlds'' - 1997
*''Cat's Pilgrimage'' - 2004
*''What It Takes to Be Human'' - 2007

===Poetry===
*''The Liberation of Newfoundland'' - 1973
*''One Who Became Lost'' - 1976
*''The Killing Room'' - 1977
*''The Book of Glass''- 1978
*''Sleeping With Lambs'' - 1980
*''Giving Back Diamonds'' - 1982
*''The Sunday Before Winter'' - 1984
*''Grandfather was a Soldier'' - 1987
*''Anyone Can See I Love You'' - 1987
*''Calling All the World'' - 1989
*''Love As It Is'' - 1993
*''Autobiography'' - 1996
*''Human Bodies: Collected Poems 1987-1999'' - 1999
*''The Alchemy of Happiness'' - 2003
*''Green'' - 2007
*''Soul Mouth'' - 2012
*''Threshold'' - 2015

===Other===
*''Many Voices, An anthology of contemporary Canadian Indian Poetry'', co-edited with D. Day. - 1977
*''In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry'', edited by Kate Braid and Sandy Shreve - 2005

===Drama===
*''Anyone Can See I Love You'' - 1988
*''Hajimari-No-Hajimari, four myths of the Pacific Rim'' - 1986
*''Temple of the Stars'' - 1996

===Radio===
*''Grandfather was a Soldier'' - 1983
*''Anyone Can See I Love You'' - 1986
*''Laika and Folchakov, a Journey in Time and Space'' - 1987
*''A Cold Departure, the Liaison of George Sand and Frederic Chopin'' -1989

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.marilynbowering.com/ Marilyn Bowering]
* [http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2041245 Marilyn Bowering fonds] at University of Victoria, Special Collections
* Archives of Marylin Bowering [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3721037&lang=eng (Marylin Bowering fonds, R15614)] are held at [[Library and Archives Canada]]

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