George Amabile (born 29 May 1936) is a
Canadian
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poet
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who lives in
Winnipeg
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,
Manitoba
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. His poetry, fiction and non-fiction have been published in Canada, the USA, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand in over a hundred anthologies, magazines, journals and periodicals.
He has published seven books. ''The Presence of Fire'' won the Canadian Authors' Association Silver Medal for Poetry; his long poem, ''Dur'', placed third in the CBC Literary Competition for 1991; ''Popular Crime'' won first prize in the Sidney Booktown International Poetry Contest in February, 2000; and he is the subject of a special issue of Prairie Fire. From October 2000 to April 2001 he was Writer in Residence at the
Winnipeg
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Public library.
Bibliography
*1972:''Blood Ties''
*1976:''Open Country''
*1977:''Flower and Song (in Xochitl, in Cuicatl)''
*1981:''Ideas of Shelter''
*1982:''The Presence of Fire''
*1995:''Rumours of Paradise/Rumours of War''
*1996:''Five-o'clock Shadows''
*2001:''Tasting the Dark''
See also
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Canadian literature
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Canadian poetry
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List of Canadian poets
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List of Canadian writers
References
External links
* Archives of George Amabil
(George Amabile fonds, R11693)are held at
Library and Archives Canada
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1936 births
Living people
Canadian male poets
Writers from Winnipeg
20th-century Canadian poets
20th-century Canadian male writers