Adam Sol is a Canadian-American

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Life

Adam Sol was born in

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and raised in

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. He graduated from

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, from

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with an M.F.A, and from the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

with a Ph.D. He lives in

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with his wife Rabbi Yael Splansky and their three sons.

Work

Sol published his first book of poems, Jonah's Promise in 2000, with MidList Press. His second collection, Crowd of Sounds, won the Trillium Prize for Poetry in 2004. Publishing his third collection, Jeremiah Ohio, in 2008. His fourth, Complicity was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2014. Next, Sol put his teaching skills to work through his popular poetry blog "How a Poem Moves." The best of this blog was later compiled into a 2019 book, recommended by CBC. Sol's most recent book is Broken Dawn Blessings, brings a personal touch to his writing. Writing from an autobiographical perspective, as a husband helping his wife through cancer. It was the 2022 winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry. Sol also has an extensive professorial career, teaching at such institutions as Laurentian University, York University, and currently at the University of Toronto's Victoria College.

Awards

*2004

Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award (french: Prix littéraire Trillium or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is ov ...

for Poetry *2008

for Poetry, Shortlist *2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry https://cjlawards.ca

Works

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References

External links

Publisher's page on Adam Sol at Anansi.ca
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110720142449/http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/ten_questions_with_adam_sol "Ten Questions (Trillium Finalists Series) with Adam Sol", ''Open Book Toronto''br>"Adam Sol", ''Northern Poetry Review'', Dani Couture, September 2008"The NaPoMo Questionnaire: Adam Sol", ''The NationalPost'', April 14, 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sol, Adam American emigrants to Canada Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets Writers from New York (state) Tufts University alumni Indiana University alumni University of Cincinnati alumni Academic staff of York University Academic staff of the University of Toronto Scarborough Academic staff of Laurentian University People from New Fairfield, Connecticut 21st-century Canadian male writers