Education
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg.
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Sarah Klassen
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She is the award-winning author of A Feast of Longing and one other short fiction collection, The Peony Season, and five books of poetry. A novel, The Wittenbergs, was published in 2013. Aside from writing, she has taught English in the public school system in Winnipeg and at summer institutes in Lithuania and Ukraine.
Sarah was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides there.
Achievements
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Winner, Gerald Lampert Award for Journey to Yalta, 1988. Short Grain Contest, first prize, prose poem, 1989. Shortlisted, Pat Lowther Award for Violence and Mercy, 1992. Shortlisted, McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year in 1992, 1999 and 2000. Shortlisted, Margaret Laurence Fiction Award for The Peony Season, 2001. National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold, in 2000. Shortlisted, Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry, 2006. Winner, Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry for A Curious Beatitude, 2007. Winner, High Plains Book Award for Fiction for A Feast of Longing, 2008. Winner, Word Award for Monstrance, 2013. Winner, Margaret McWilliams Award for Popular History for The Wittenbergs, 2013.
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Canada
Awards
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Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry; Pat Lowther Award; Gerald Lampert Award Winner, Gerald Lampert Award for Journey to Yalta, 1988. Short Grain Contest, first prize, prose poem, 1989. Shortlisted, Pat Lowther Award for Violence and Mercy, 1992. Shortlisted, McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year in 1992, 1999 and 2000. Shortlisted, Margaret Laurence Fiction Award for The Peony Season, 2001. National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold, in 2000. Shortlisted, Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry, 2006. Winner, Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry for A Curious Beatitude, 2007. Winner, High Plains Book Award for Fiction for A Feast of Longing, 2008. Winner, Word Award for Monstrance, 2013. Winner, Margaret McWilliams Award for Popular History for The Wittenbergs, 2013. The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet.; The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry; Pat Lowther Award; Gerald Lampert Award Winner, Gerald Lampert Award for Journey to Yalta, 1988. Short Grain Contest, first prize, prose poem, 1989. Shortlisted, Pat Lowther Award for Violence and Mercy, 1992. Shortlisted, McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year in 1992, 1999 and 2000. Shortlisted, Margaret Laurence Fiction Award for The Peony Season, 2001. National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold, in 2000. Shortlisted, Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry, 2006. Winner, Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry for A Curious Beatitude, 2007. Winner, High Plains Book Award for Fiction for A Feast of Longing, 2008. Winner, Word Award for Monstrance, 2013. Winner, Margaret McWilliams Award for Popular History for The Wittenbergs, 2013. The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet.; The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.