Diana Brebner was the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants and grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. She was educated at the University of Ottawa, the city she made her home for the remainder of her life.[3]
Brebner's first three collections of poetry were published by Hendrika Ruger on Netherlandic Press.[4] Her posthumous collection, The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, was edited by Stephanie Bolster and published in 2005.[5] The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded annually by Arc magazine.[6][7]
^Brebner, Diana (2004). Bolster, Stephanie (ed.). The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems. McGill-Queens University Press. p. 165. ISBN978-0773528352.
