Brand's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia'' Griffin Poetry Prize biography Griffin Poetry Prize readings, including video clips Archives of Dionne Brand (Dionne Brand fonds, R11754) are held at Library and Archives Canada 1953 births 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century LGBT people African-Canadian feminism Black Canadian LGBT people Black Canadian women Black Canadian writers Canadian feminist writers Canadian lesbian writers Canadian women novelists Canadian women poets Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Governor General's Award-winning poets Harbourfront Festival Prize winners Living people Poets Laureate of Toronto Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada Trinidad and Tobago feminists Trinidad and Tobago novelists Trinidad and Tobago poets Trinidad and Tobago women novelists Trinidad and Tobago women poets University of Toronto alumni Women anthologists