Phyllis Gotlieb
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (née Bloom; May 25, 1926 – July 14, 2009)[1][2] was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.
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 Phyllis Gotlieb in 1982 | |
| Born | Phyllis Fay Bloom May 25, 1926 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | July 14, 2009 (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Notable awards | Prix Aurora Award |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Leo Gotlieb Margaret Gotlieb Jane Lipson |
Biography
Born of Jewish heritage[3] in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).
In 1961, Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One, a collection of poems.[4] Her first novel, the science-fiction tale Sunburst, was published in 1964. Gotlieb won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982 for her novel A Judgement of Dragons. The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel.[5]
Her husband was Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), a computer-science professor livin in Toronto, Ontario.
Bibliography
Science fiction books
- Sunburst. New York: Fawcett, 1964.
- Why Should I Have All the Grief? Toronto: Macmillan, 1969.
- O Master Caliban! New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
- A Judgement of Dragons. New York: Berkley Publishers, 1980.
- Emperor, Swords, Pentacles. New York: Ace, 1982.
- Son of the Morning and Other Stories. New York: Ace, 1983.
- The Kingdom of the Cats. New York: Ace, 1985.
- Heart of Red Iron. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.[7]
- Blue Apes. Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1995.[7]
- Flesh and Gold. New York: Tor, 1998.[7]
- Violent Stars. New York: Tor, 1999.[7]
- Mindworld. New York: Tor, 2002.[7]
- Birthstones. Toronto: Robert J. Sawyer Books, 2007.[7]
Poetry collections
- Who Knows One? Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961.
- Within the Zodiac. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1964.
- Ordinary Moving. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1969.
- Doctor Umlaut's Earthly Kingdom. London, ON: Calliope Press, 1974.
- The Works. London, ON: Calliope Press, 1978.
- Red Blood Black Ink White Paper: New and Selected Poems 1961–2001. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2002. – 2002
- Phyllis Loves Kelly. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2014.
Notes
- Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.[6]
References
- Phyllis Gotlieb Service Details
- "Phyllis Gotlieb, sci-fi writer and poet, dies at 83". CBC. July 15, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- Biography
- Boyd, Colin (December 16, 2013). "Phyllis Gotlieb". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.
- The Sunburst Award
- "Phyllis Gotlieb," Canadian Women Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, April 27, 2011.
- "Selected Poetry of Phyllis Gotlieb Archived 4 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine," Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, April 27, 2001.
External links
- Obituary by Cory Doctorow
- Phyllis Gotlieb at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Selected poetry of Phyllis Gotlieb – Biography & 15 poems (Aquarius, as I was walking down the street, A Catful of Buttermilk, Death's Head, A Discourse, A Double Vision, First Person Demonstrative, Hospitality, Latitude, Ordinary, Moving, Red Black White, Seventh Seal, So Long It's Been, Thirty-Six Ways of Looking at Toronto Ontario, What I Know (Making Free with Villon's Smalltalk))
- Archives of Phyllis Gotlieb (Phyllis Fay Gotlieb fonds, R4738) are held at Library and Archives Canada
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