George Amabile (born 29 May 1936) is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 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 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

  • Canadian literature
  • Canadian poetry
  • List of Canadian poets

References

  • Archives of George Amabile (George Amabile fonds, R11693) are held at Library and Archives Canada