Sarah Klassen



Sarah Klassen (born 1932) is a Canadian writer. 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.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg. 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.

Recognition

 * 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, High Plains Book Award for Fiction for A Feast of Longing, 2008.

Publications

 * Journey to Yalta Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 1988.
 * Violence and Mercy Windsor, ON: Netherlandic Press, 1991.
 * Borderwatch Windsor: Netherlandic Press (1993)
 * Dangerous Elements Kingston: Quarry Press (1998)
 * Simone Weil: Songs for Hunger and Love Hamilton: Wolsak and Wynn (1999)
 * The Peony Season Winnipeg: Turnstone Press (2000)
 * A Curious Beatitude Winnipeg: The Muses' Company (2006)
 * A Feast of Longing Regina, SK: Coteau Books (2007)