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{{Short description|Canadian poet, novelist and children's writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
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| name             = Rhea Tregebov
| image            = Rhea Tregebov in Kyoto Japan.jpg
| caption          = Tregebov in May 2019
| birth_date       = 1953
| birth_place      = [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan, Canada
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| occupation       = Author
| genre            = Poetry, Fiction, Children's Literature
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'''Rhea Tregebov''' (born 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist and [[children's writer]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n88-655506 |title=Tregebov, Rhea 1953–  |accessdate=22 April 2010 |publisher= WorldCat Identities}}</ref> who lives in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. In her work as teacher and editor, she has mentored and inspired generations of Canadian poets {{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}.<ref>Need proof here</ref> Her poetry is characterized by a strong poetic voice, intellectual honesty, and a compassionate engagement with the extraordinary lived experience of “ordinary” life. An early influence was Pablo Neruda: “And it was at that age … Poetry arrived/in search of me. […] there I was without a face/and it touched me.” (from “''Poesía''”). Tregebov is also the author of two novels, ''Rue des Rosiers'' and ''The Knife-Sharpener’s Bell'', as well as five popular children’s picture books. From 2021 to 2023 she was Chair of The Writers' Union of Canada. 

== Background ==
Born in [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]] and raised in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Tregebov attended the [[University of Manitoba]], [[Cornell University|Cornell]], and [[Boston University|Boston]] universities. She lived in [[Toronto]], working as a freelance writer, editor, and Creative Writing Instructor. She taught Continuing Education for [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]] and was on faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts. In January 2005 she has hired by the Creative Writing Program at the [[University of British Columbia]], where she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. At UBC she specialized in poetry, writing for children, and translation. In June 2017, she retired from UBC; she currently is an Associate Professor Emerita.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/tregebov/|title= Canadian Poetry Online: Rhea Tregebov : Biography |accessdate= 22 April 2010 |publisher=University of Toronto Libraries }}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Poetry===
*''Remembering History'' – 1982 (winner of the [[Pat Lowther Award]]), {{ISBN|0-919349-16-1}}
*''No One We Know'' – 1986, {{ISBN|0-920544-44-4}}
*''The Proving Grounds'' – 1991, {{ISBN|1-55065-018-1}}
*''Mapping the Chaos'' – 1995, {{ISBN|1-55065-070-X}}
*''The Strength of Materials'' – 2001, {{ISBN|0-919897-76-2}}
*''(alive): Selected and new poems'' – 2004, {{ISBN|0-919897-98-3}}
*''All Souls''' 2012 {{ISBN|9781550653380}}
*''Talking to Strangers'' 2024 {{ISBN|9781550656565}}

===Children's books===
*''The Extraordinary Ordinary Everything Room'' – 1991, {{ISBN|0-929005-24-4}}
*''The Big Storm'' – 1992, {{ISBN|1-55074-081-4}}
*''Sasha and the Wiggly Tooth'' – 1993, {{ISBN|0-929005-51-1}}
*''Sasha and the Wind'' – 1996, {{ISBN|0-929005-84-8}}
*''What-If Sara'' – 1999, {{ISBN|1-896764-22-3}}

===Novels===
*''The Knife Sharpener's Bell'' – 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-55050-408-8}}
*''Rue des Rosiers'' – 2019, {{ISBN|978-1-55050-699-0}}

==See also==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* Donna Krolik Hollenberg, [https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/19980 “Gender, Jewish Identity, and Cultural Memory in the Poetry of Rhea Tregebov”], ''[[Canadian Jewish Studies|Canadian Jewish Studies /  Études Juives Canadiennes]]'' vol. 11, 2003. 
* Adam Sol, David S. Koffman, Gary Barwin, Michael Greenstein, Ruth Panofsky, Lisa Richter, Emily Robins Sharpe, and Rhea Tregebov, [https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40296 “Canadian Jewish Poetry: A Roundtable”], ''[[Canadian Jewish Studies|Canadian Jewish Studies / Études Juives Canadiennes]]'' vol. 34, 2022. 
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