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Roberta Rees

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Roberta Rees

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1954 （New Westminster, British Columbia）
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta → Calgary, Alberta

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Teacher
Active Years
1992-2024
Nominations
Danuta Gleed Literary Award finalist (2008, Long After Fathers)

Education

University of Calgary
English and Creative Writing
Period: 19歳時入学
Country: Canada
Attended at age 19; taught English and creative writing at high school and university levels

Awards

Gerald Lampert Award
1993
Work: Eyes Like Pigeons
Category: poetry
Organization: League of Canadian Poets
Result: winner
Alberta Literary Awards Stephan G. Stephansson prize
1993
Work: Eyes Like Pigeons
Category: poetry
Organization: Writers' Guild of Alberta
Result: winner
Alberta New Fiction Competition
1993
Work: Beneath the Faceless Mountain
Category: unpublished manuscripts
Result: winner
Georges Bugnet Award
1995
Work: Beneath the Faceless Mountain
Category: novel
Organization: Writers' Guild of Alberta
Result: co-winner
ReLit Award
2008
Work: Long After Fathers
Category: short fiction
Result: winner
Alberta Literary Awards Howard O'Hagan Award
2008
Work: Long After Fathers
Category: short fiction
Organization: Writers' Guild of Alberta
Result: winner
James H. Gray Award
2018
Work: Evie's Massage Parlour
Category: short nonfiction
Organization: Alberta Literary Awards
Result: winner
James H. Gray Award
2019
Work: Bones, Honey
Category: short nonfiction
Organization: Alberta Literary Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Eyes Like Pigeons

1992 Poetry

Beneath the Faceless Mountain

1995 Novel

Long After Fathers

2009 Short story collection

Bibliography

  • Eyes Like Pigeons (Brick Books, 1992)
  • Beneath the Faceless Mountain (Red Deer Press, 1995)
  • Long After Fathers (Coteau Books, 2009)