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Robyn Sarah
Born1949
New York City, New York
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Genrepoetry, short stories

Robyn Sarah (born 1949 in New York City) is a Canadian poet and short story writer.[1]

Raised in Montreal, Quebec, she was educated at McGill University and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec.[1] She has published several volumes of poetry and short stories, and one book of essays.[1] In addition to her writing, she has taught English literature at Champlain Regional College, and has served as a poetry editor for Cormorant Books and Porcupine's Quill.[1]

She won a CBC Literary Award for poetry in 1990,[1] and a National Magazine Award in 1994 for her short story "Accept My Story".[1] Her short story collection Promise of Shelter was a shortlisted nominee for the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards in 1998,[1] and her poetry collection My Shoes Are Killing Me was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2015.[2]

Works

Poetry

  • The Space Between Sleep and Waking (1981)
  • Anyone Skating on That Middle Ground (1984)
  • Becoming Light (1987)
  • The Touchstone: Poems New and Selected (1992)
  • Questions about the Stars (1998)
  • A Day's Grace (2003)
  • Pause for Breath (2009)
  • My Shoes Are Killing Me (2015)

Short stories

  • A Nice Gazebo (1992)
  • Promise of Shelter (1997)

Essays

  • Little Eurekas: A Decade's Thoughts on Poetry (2007)
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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Robyn Sarah at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "Governor-General’s Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
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