Rob Winger

Rob Winger (born 1974) is a Canadian poet.

Life
Born in Ontario, Winger received an M.A. in English literature from the University of Guelph in 2002 and a Ph.D. from Carleton University in 2009.

Selections from his collection of poems about Eadweard Muybridge, entitled Muybridge's Horse, have been translated into Japanese by Motoyuki Shibata. His second volume, The Chimney Stone, a book of ghazals, was published by Nightwood Editions in the fall of 2010.

Recognition
Muybridge's Horse, won the 2003 CBC Literary Award for poetry. Published by Nightwood Editions in 2007, the final book, Muybridge's Horse: a poem in three phases, was subsequently nominated for the 2007 Governor General's Award,  2007 Trillium Book Award for Poetry,  2007 Ottawa Book Award, and was named a Globe and Mail Best Book for 2007. Winger is also the recipient of several grants from the Ontario Arts Council.