Robyn Sarah
| Robyn Sarah | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1949 New York City, New York |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | poetry, 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 won 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), ISBN 9780920953228
- The Touchstone: Poems New and Selected (1992), ISBN 9780887845284
- Questions about the Stars (1998)
- A Day's Grace (2003), ISBN 978-0-88984-233-5
- Pause for Breath (2009), ISBN 978-1-926845-82-1
- My Shoes Are Killing Me (2015), ISBN 978-1-77196-014-4
Short stories
- A Nice Gazebo (1992)
- Promise of Shelter (1997)
Essays
- Little Eurekas: A Decade's Thoughts on Poetry (2007)