Marilyn Bowering was born in 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She earned a B.A. in 1971 and an M.A. in English literature in 1973 from the University of Victoria and taught creative writing there for a time. Bowering has also written plays for radio and stage. She lives in Sooke, B.C.

Books by Marilyn Bowering

	1973 The Liberation of Newfoundland (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1976 One Who Became Lost (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1977 The Killing Room (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1979 The Visitors Have All Returned (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1980 Sleeping With Lambs (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1982 Giving Back Diamonds (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1984 The Sunday Before Winter, New and Selected Poetry (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1987 Grandfather Was A Soldier (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1987 Anyone Can See I Love You (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1989 Calling All the World, Laika and Folchakov 1957 (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1989 To All Appearances A Lady (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1993 Love As It Is (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1994 Interior Castle (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1996 Autobiography (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1997 Visible Worlds (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1999 Human Bodies, New and Selected Poems 1987-1999 (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 The Alchemy of Happiness (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2004 Cat's Pilgrimage (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2006 What It Takes To Be Human (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2007 Green (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1989 – To All Appearances a Lady – Shortlisted

• Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
  • 1997 – Autobiography – Shortlisted
  • 2004 – The Alchemy of Happiness – Shortlisted

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 1990 – To All Appearances a Lady – Shortlisted
  • 1998 – Visible Worlds – Winner
  • 2007 – What It Takes to Be Human – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Poetry
  • 1984 – The Sunday before Winter – Shortlisted
  • 1997 – Autobiography – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

Added 21 May 2006.
Updated 10 June 2010.