# Dani Couture

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**Danielle (Dani) Couture** (born 1978) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) poet and novelist.[1]

In 2011, Couture's second book of poetry, *Sweet*, was shortlisted for the [Trillium Book Award in English](/source/Trillium_Book_Award,_English) for Poetry[2] and won the [ReLit Award](/source/ReLit_Awards) for Poetry.[3] In 2011, she also received an Honour of Distinction from the [Writers' Trust of Canada](/source/Writers'_Trust_of_Canada)'s [Dayne Ogilvie Prize](/source/Dayne_Ogilvie_Prize).[1]

She is also the literary editor at *[This Magazine](/source/This_Magazine)*.

## Biography

Couture was born on a military base to a [francophone](/source/Geographical_distribution_of_French_speakers) father and an [anglophone](/source/English-speaking_world) mother, both of whom were enlisted in the [Canadian Armed Forces](/source/Canadian_Armed_Forces). She has lived in ten cities, including [North Bay](/source/North_Bay,_Ontario), [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [Windsor](/source/Windsor,_Ontario) and [Taichung](/source/Taichung), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan). She currently lives in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).[4]

Couture's poetry, essays, reviews and interviews have been published in various literary journals and magazines, as well as anthologies, including *[The Walrus](/source/The_Walrus),* *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, *[Taddle Creek](/source/Taddle_Creek_(magazine))*, *[The Fiddlehead](/source/The_Fiddlehead)*, *Arc* and *Best Canadian Poems in English*.

## Selected works

### Poetry

- *Good Meat.* Toronto: [Pedlar Press](/source/Pedlar_Press), 2006.
- *Sweet*. Toronto: [Pedlar Press](/source/Pedlar_Press), 2010.
- *YAW*. Toronto: Mansfield, 2014.
- *Listen Before Transmit*. Toronto: [Wolsak & Wynn](/source/Wolsak_and_Wynn), 2018.[5]

### Chapbooks

- *Black Sea Nettle*. Toronto: Anstruther, 2017.

### Novels

- *Algoma*. Invisible Publishing, 2011

## Awards and recognition

Year Title Award Category Result Ref 2010 Sweet Trillium Book Award, English Poetry 2011 Dayne Ogilvie Prize — ReLit Award Poetry 2015 YAW ReLit Award Poetry

## See also

- [Canadian literature](/source/Canadian_literature)
- [Canadian poetry](/source/Canadian_poetry)
- [List of Canadian poets](/source/List_of_Canadian_poets)
- [List of Canadian writers](/source/List_of_Canadian_writers)

## References

1. ["Weather, loss and grief: a true Canadian novel"](http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Weather_loss_and_grief_a_true_Canadian_novel-11221.aspx). *[Xtra!](/source/Xtra!)*, December 8, 2011.

1. ["Emma Donoghue, Ken Sparling nominated for Trillium Book Award"](https://archive.today/20130630050535/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11829). *[Quill and Quire](/source/Quill_and_Quire)*, May 30, 2011.

1. ["Winners of the Relit Awards Announced"](https://nationalpost.com/afterword/winners-of-the-relit-awards-announced) . *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, October 24, 2011.

1. ["Where the Wild Things Are"](http://www.brokenpencil.com/author/stacey-may-fowles/where-the-wild-things-are/). *[Broken Pencil](/source/Broken_Pencil)*, July 11, 2011.

1. ["Listen Before Transmit"](https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/listen-before-transmit). Wolsak & Wynn

## External links

- [Official website](https://danicouture.ca/)
- [Dani Couture at TLA](http://www.tla1.com/adult_author2.php?id=305/)
- [Interview with Dani Couture](https://www.thepoetryextension.com//dani/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211116211021/https://www.thepoetryextension.com//dani/) 2021-11-16 at the Wayback Machine by *The Poetry Extension*

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