Bronwen Wallace (26 May 1945 – 25 August 1989) was a Canadian poet and short story writer. is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Wallace was born in Kingston, Ontario. She attended Queen's University, Kingston (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1969). In 1970, she moved to Windsor, Ontario, where she founded a women's bookstore and became active in working class and women's activist groups. In 1977, she returned to Kingston, where she worked at a women's shelter and taught at St. Lawrence College and Queen's. She wrote a weekly column for the Kingston Whig-Standard. In 1988, she was writer-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario. Murney Tower, Kingston The Fort Henry Guard performing an historical demonstration The Prince George Hotel. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Queens University, or simply Queens, is a coeducational, nonsectarian university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on the edge of Lake Ontario. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... St. ... The Kingston Whig-Standard is a daily newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ... The University of Western Ontario (known as Western, as well as UWO or Western Ontario) is a research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. ...

Her collections testify to her social activism involving women's rights, civil rights, and social policy. A primary focus of her work was violence against women and children. Social activists are people who act as the conscience and voice of many individuals within a society. ... The term women’s rights typically refers to freedoms inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized or ignored and/or illegitimately suppressed by law or custom in a particular society. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Social policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. ... “Domestic disturbance” redirects here. ...

In a series of letters published in 1994 as Two Women Talking: Correspondence 1985-1987, Wallace and poet Erin Mouré discuss feminist theory. Mouré defends the language philosophers (particularly Wittgenstein) who demonstrate that our speech, and the concepts expressible in language, governs our knowledge and actions. However, Wallace disagreed that language-centred writing rescues women from the patriarchy, claiming that it can be easily co-opted by patriarchs. Society's use of politically correct language bears this out. Wallace believed that by engaging her readers in the issues of violence, she could provoke change in the reader and hence in society. See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Erin Mouré (born 1955) is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), pictured here in 1930, made influential contributions to Logic and the philosophy of language, critically examining the task of conventional philosophy and its relation to the nature of language. ...

Wallace died of cancer in 1989. Her first and only published collection of short stories, People You'd Trust Your Life To, was published posthumously in 1990. See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

The Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award, funded by friends of the poet and the Writers' Trust of Canada, is an annual prize given to a young, promising poet or fiction writer who is under the age of 35 and unpublished. The Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers Trust of Canada to a writer under 35 who has not yet published his or her first book. ... The Writers Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers. ...

Bibliography

Poetry

• Marrying into the Family - 1980
• Signs of the former Tennant - 1983 (winner of the Pat Lowther Award)
• Common Magic - 1985
• The Stubborn Particulars of Grace" - 1987
• Keep That Candle Burning - 1991

The Woman In This Poem The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ...

Short stories

• People You'd Trust Your Life To - 1990

Essays

• Arguments with the World - 1992

Letters

• Two Women Talking: Correspondence 1985-1987 - 1994 (with Erin Mouré)

Erin Mouré (born 1955) is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec. ...

External links

• Brock University Department of English Language and Literature website on Bronwen Wallace