Miriam Mandel (June 24, 1930 – February 13, 1982) was a Canadian poet who won Canada's Governor General's Award.

[2] Shortly after their marriage broke up, Miriam Mandel began writing poetry.

[4] She won the Governor General's Award in 1973 for her first collection, Lions At Her Face.

[4] Patrick Lane was inspired by her to write his 1983 poem "And of the Measure of Winter We Are Sure".

[4][7] Novelist Sheila Watson edited Miriam Mandel's Collected Poems in 1984.