Phyllis Gotlieb

Phyllis Gotlieb
Born Phyllis Fay Bloom
(1926-05-25)May 25, 1926
Toronto, Ontario
Died July 14, 2009(2009-07-14) (aged 83)
Toronto, Ontario
Occupation poet, novelist
Education post secondary
Alma mater University of Toronto
Notable awards Sunburst Award
Prix Aurora Award
Spouse Calvin Gotlieb (m. 1949)
Children Leo Gotlieb
Margaret Gotlieb
Jane Lipson

Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (née Bloom; May 25, 1926 July 14, 2009)[1] was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.

Born of Jewish heritage[2] in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).

The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel, Sunburst.[3] Three years before Sunburst was published, Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One, a collection of poems.[4] Gotlieb won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982 for her novel A Judgement of Dragons.

Her husband was Calvin Gotlieb (1921-2016) a computer science professor; they lived in Toronto, Ontario.

Bibliography

Fiction

Poetry

Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.[6]

References

  1. Phyllis Gotlieb Service Details
  2. Biography
  3. The Sunburst Award
  4. Phyllis Fay Gotlieb at The Canadian Encyclopedia
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Selected Poetry of Phyllis Gotlieb," Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 27, 2001.
  6. "Phyllis Gotlieb," Canadian Women Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 27, 2011.
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