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Robin McGrath

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Robin McGrath

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1949-03-29 （St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador）
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador → London, Ontario → Edmonton, Alberta → St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Career

Occupations
writer, university professor, journalist
Active Years
1993-2024
Nominations
J. M. Abraham Poetry Award nominee (Escaped Domestics, 1999), Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award nominee (Trouble and Desire, 1998), Ann Connor Brimer Award nominee (Hoist Your Sails and Run, 2001), Commonwealth Writers Prize nominee (Donovan's Station, 2003), J. M. Abraham Poetry Award nominee (Covenant of Salt, 2006)

Education

University of Western Ontario
English Literature
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: Canada

Awards

Canadian Jewish Book Award
1999
Work: Escaped Domestics
Category: poetry
Result: winner
Canadian Jewish Book Award
2010
Work: The Winterhouse
Category: fiction
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Trouble and Desire

1996 Short fiction

Short fiction collection

Escaped Domestics

1998 Poetry

First poetry collection

Hoist Your Sails and Run

1999 Young adult novel

Young adult novel

A Mountain of Shoes

2002 Play

Theatrical play about a Holocaust survivor

Donovan's Station

2002 Novel

Novel

Covenant of Salt

2005 Poetry

Poetry collection

The Winterhouse

2009 Novel

Novel

Gone to the Ice

2003 Novel

Novel

Livyers World

2007 Novel

Novel

Salt Fish and Shmattes: The History of the Jews in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1770

2006 Non-fiction

History of the Jewish community in Newfoundland and Labrador

Life on the Mista Shipu: Dispatches from Labrador

2018 Non-fiction

Dispatches from Labrador