Keith Garebian

Keith Garebian (born 1943) is a Canadian poet, critic, and biographer.

Life
Born in Bombay, India, to an Armenian father and Anglo-Indian mother, he immigrated to Canada in 1961. Twelve years later he obtained a Ph.D. from Queen's University and began a career writing about the arts.

Garebian lives in Mississauga, Ontario.

Recognition

 * Lakeshore Arts & Scarborough Arts Council Poetry Award, First Prize, 2003.
 * Scarborough Arts Council Runner-up, 2003.
 * Scarborough Arts Council Runner-up, 2002.
 * Scarborough Arts Council Poetry Runner-up, 2001.
 * Ontario Poetry Society Poetry Contest Top Prize (free verse), 2002.
 * Mississauga Arts Council Award (Writing), 2000.
 * Ontario Poetry Society, First Prize, Haiku, 2003.
 * Second Prize, Queen's University Alumni Poetry Contest, 2004.
 * Longlisted for Re-Lit Award (Frida: Paint Me As A Volcano), 2005
 * Third Prize Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest, 2006
 * Second Prize Queen's Alumni Poetry Contest, 2008
 * Mississauga Arts Award, 2008
 * First Prize, CAA (Niagara Branch)Poetry Contest, 2009
 * Naji Naaman Literary Honour Prize (Lebanon), 2009

Except where noted, award information courtesy the League of Canadian Poets.

Poetry

 * Reservoir of Ancestors. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2003.
 * Samson's Hair (chapbook). Toronto: Micro Prose, 2004
 * Paint Me As A Volcano: The Frida Kahlo Poems. Ottawa: Buschek Books, 2004
 * Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems. Winnipeg: Signature Editions, 2008
 * Children of Ararat. Calgary: Frontenac House, 2010.

Non-fiction
Leon Rooke and His Works. Toronto: ECW Press, 1989.
 * Hugh Hood. Boston: Twayne, 1983
 * Hugh Hood and His Works. Toronto: ECW Press, 1985.
 * William Hutt: A Theatre Portrait. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1988
 * A Well-Bred Muse: Selected Theatre Writings 1978-1988. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1991.
 * George Bernard Shaw and Christopher Newton: Explorations of Shavian Theatre. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1993.
 * The Making of ‘My Fair Lady.’ Toronto: ECW Press, 1993.
 * 2nd printing. Mosaic Press, 1998.
 * The Making of ‘Gypsy.’ Toronto: ECW Press, 1994.
 * 2nd printing. Mosaic Press, 1998.
 * The Making of ‘West Side Story.’ Toronto: ECW Press, 1995.
 * 2nd printing. Mosaic Press, 1998.
 * William Hutt: Masks and Faces. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1995.
 * The Making of ‘Cabaret.’ Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1999.
 * New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
 * Pain: Journeys Around My Parents. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2000.
 * The Making of ‘Guys and Dolls.’ Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2002.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the author.