(Photo courtesy of Gwen Benaway)
Poet Gwen Benaway wins Governor General's literary award
Published: October 29, 2019
Gwen Benaway, a PhD candidate at the UU直播鈥檚 Women and Gender Studies Institute, has taken home a Governor General鈥檚 Literary Award for poetry.
Benaway was recognized for Holy Wild, her third book of poetry that explores the intersection of Indigenous and trans identities through an autobiographical narrative.
A transgender woman of Anishinaabe and M茅tis descent, Benaway studies queerness, colonialism, storytelling, transgender history and Indigenous perspectives on gender and sexuality.
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