Occupation poet, novelist Alma mater University of Toronto Awards Prix Aurora Award Citizenship Canadian Education University of Toronto | Ethnicity Jewish Role Novelist Nationality Canadian Name Phyllis Gotlieb | |
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Born Phyllis Fay Bloom
May 25, 1926
Toronto, Ontario ( 1926-05-25 ) Children Leo Gotlieb
Margaret Gotlieb
Jane Lipson Died July 14, 2009, Toronto, Canada Spouse Calvin Gotlieb (m. 1949–2009) Notable awards Sunburst Awards, Aurora Awards Books Violent stars, Sunburst, Flesh and gold, Birthstones, Blue apes | ||
Tribute to Phyllis Gotlieb - Clarke School
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (née Bloom; May 25, 1926 – July 14, 2009) was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.
Born of Jewish heritage 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. Three years before Sunburst was published, Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One, a collection of poems. Gotlieb won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982 for her novel A Judgement of Dragons.
Her husband was Calvin Gotlieb (1921-2016) a computer science professor; they lived in Toronto, Ontario.
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