nationality notableworks period article_title name occupation
canadian '' north end love songs '' 2010s-present katherena vermette
 katherena vermette poet , children 's literature , anthologist
katherena vermette

katherena vermette is a canadian writer , who won the governor general 's award for english-language poetry in 2013 for her collection `` north end love songs '' .
a métis of cree and mennonite descent from winnipeg , manitoba , she was a mfa student in creative writing at the university of british columbia .
she works as a literacy educator , and has a work of children 's literature slated for publication in 2014 .
in addition to her own publications , her work has also been published in the literary anthology `` manitowapow : aboriginal writings from the land of water '' .
she is a member of the aboriginal writers collective of manitoba , and edited the anthology `` xxx ndn : love and lust in ndn country '' in 2011 .
vermette has described her writing as motivated by an activist spirit , particularly on first nations issues .
the title of her book refers to winnipeg 's north end .
