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Robyn Sarah

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Robin Sarah

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1949 （New York City）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
New York City, New York, United States → Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
poet, short story writer, writer, English literature teacher, editor
Active Years
1981-2015
Affiliations
Champlain Regional College, Cormorant Books, Porcupine's Quill
Nominations
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards 1998 shortlist (Promise of Shelter)

Education

McGill University
English literature
Country: Canada
Conservatoire de musique du Québec
Country: Canada

Awards

CBC Literary Award
1990
Category: poetry
Organization: CBC
Result: winner
National Magazine Award
1994
Work: Accept My Story
Category: short story
Result: winner
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
2015
Work: My Shoes Are Killing Me
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

My Shoes Are Killing Me

2015 poetry

Pause for Breath

2009 poetry

Promise of Shelter

1997 short stories

Little Eurekas: A Decade's Thoughts on Poetry

2007 essays

Bibliography

  • The Space Between Sleep and Waking (1981)
  • Anyone Skating on That Middle Ground (1984)
  • Becoming Light (1987)
  • The Touchstone: Poems New and Selected (1992)
  • A Nice Gazebo (1992)
  • Questions about the Stars (1998)
  • Promise of Shelter (1997)
  • A Day's Grace (2003)
  • Little Eurekas: A Decade's Thoughts on Poetry (2007)
  • Pause for Breath (2009)
  • My Shoes Are Killing Me (2015)

Legacy

Canadian poet and short story writer who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2015.

Trivia

  • Born in 1949 in the United States, Canadian writer
  • McGill University alumna