Diana Hartog (born 1942 in Palo Alto, California) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.Gordon Ripley, Who's Who in Canadian Literature. Reference Press, 1997. p. 148. She won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1983 for her poetry collection Matinee Light, and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 1987 for Candy from Strangers."Haida artist book wins two awards". Vancouver Sun, October 31, 1987.
She was also a shortlisted nominee for the Journey Prize in 1991 for her short story "Theories of Grief","Future winners". Kingston Whig-Standard, August 31, 1991. and for the Dorothy Livesay Prize in 1993 for Polite to Bees: A Bestiary."Book prize finalists announced". Vancouver Sun, March 20, 1993.
She published the novel The Photographer's Sweethearts in 1996,"Mystic hero plays God, ends up as Devil". Toronto Star, April 27, 1996. and a new poetry collection, Ink Monkey, in 2006."Structure moves in, out of lucidity". Winnipeg Free Press, June 25, 2006.
She lives in New Denver, British Columbia."New rules coming to get Canadian literature in schools". Vancouver Sun, July 26, 2008.
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