Diane Schoemperlen Explained
Diane Mavis Schoemperlen (born July 9, 1954) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.[1]
Early life and education
Schoemperlen was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and educated at Lakehead University.
Career
Schoemperlen's first novel, In the Language of Love, was published in 1994; it is composed of one hundred chapters, each one based on one of the one hundred words in the Standard Word Association Test, which was used to measure sanity. There are chapters titled "Table," "Slow," "Cabbage," and "Scissors." New York Times reviewer Jay Parini pronounced Schoemperlen "a novelist of real promise".[2]
Schoemperlen's 1998 book of short stories, Forms of Devotion, won the Governor General's Award.[3] [4] In her second novel, Our Lady of the Lost and Found (2001), the narrator is visited by the Virgin Mary, and the two women spend one week cooking, cleaning, and shopping.
Schoemperlen's 2017 book, This is Not My Life, tells of her love for a prison inmate.[5] [6]
Bibliography
- Double Exposures, 1984
- Frogs & Other Stories, 1986
- Hockey Night in Canada, 1987
- The Man of My Dreams, 1990
- Hockey Night in Canada & Other Stories, 1991
- In the Language of Love: A Novel in 100 Chapters, 1994
- Forms of Devotion, 1998
- Our Lady of the Lost and Found, 2001
- Red Plaid Shirt, 2002
- Names of the Dead : An Elegy for the Victims of September 11, 2004
- At a Loss for Words, 2008
- By the Book: Stories and Pictures, 2014
- This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications, 2016
- First Things First, 2016
Awards and nominations
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/books/review/by-the-book-by-diane-schoemperlen.html "'By the Book,' by Diane Schoemperlen"
- https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/25/books/pieces-of-a-life.html "Pieces of a Life"
- https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/i-loved-the-wrong-person-diane-schoemperlen-on-her-relationship-with-a-prison-inmate/article29708339/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com& "'I loved the wrong person': Diane Schoemperlen on how she fell in love with a prison inmate"
- https://quillandquire.com/review/our-lady-of-the-lost-and-found/ "Our Lady of the Lost and Found"
- https://quillandquire.com/review/not-life-memoir-love-prison-complications/ "Review: This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications"
- http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/diane-schoemperlens-lover-the-convict/ "My lover the convict: The allure of incarcerated men"
