Phyllis Gotlieb
Appearance
Phyllis Gotlieb | |
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Occupation | poet, novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Education | post secondary |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Notable awards | Sunburst Award Aurora Award |
Spouse | Calvin Gotlieb (1949-2009) |
Children | Leo Gotlieb Margaret Gotlieb Jane Lipson |
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom (May 25, 1926 – July 14, 2009[1]) BA, MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.
Born of Jewish heritage[2] in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).
The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel, Sunburst.[3] Three years before Sunburst was published, Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One, a collection of poems.[4] Gotlieb won the Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982 for her novel A Judgement of Dragons.
Her widower is Calvin Gotlieb, a computer science professor; they lived in Toronto, Ontario.
Selected bibliography
Fiction
- Sunburst - 1964
- Why Should I Have All the Grief - 1969
- O Master Caliban! - 1976
- Emperor, Swords, Pentacles - 1982
- Son of the Morning and Other Stories - 1983
- The Kingdom of the Cats - 1985
- Heart of Red Iron - 1989
- Blue Apes - 1995
- Flesh and Gold - 1998
- Violent Stars - 1999
- Mindworld - 2002
- Birthstones - 2007
Poetry
- Within the Zodiac - 1964
- Ordinary Moving - 1969
- Doctor Umlaut's Earthly Kingdom - 1974
- The Works - 1978
- Red Blood Black Ink White Paper: New and Selected Poems 1961-2001 - 2002