Sarah Klassen

Sarah Klassen is a former English teacher and a poet and fiction writer living and working in Winnipeg.

Awards
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, 1988.
First Short Grain Contest, first prize, prose poem, 1989.
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award, short list, 1992.
McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year, short list, 1992.
Short-listed for the McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award in 1999 and in 2000.
Short listed for the Margaret Laurence Fiction Award in 2001.
National Magazine Award for Poetry, Gold, in 2000.

Selected Publications
Journey to Yalta. (Turnstone Press, 1988).
Violence and Mercy. (Netherlandic Press, 1991).
Borderwatch. (Netherlandic Press, 1993).
Dangerous Elements. (Quarry Press, 1998).
Simone Weil: Songs of Hunger and Love (Wolsak and Wynn, 1999) ISBN 0-919897-65-7.
The Peony Season (Turnstone Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88801-248-9.

Selected Anthologies
Liars and Rascals: Mennonite Short Stories. (University of Waterloo Press, 1988).
Out of Place: Stories and Poems. (Coteau Books, 1991).
Postcards: New Canadian Fiction. (Editor Kristina Russello). (Black Moss Press, 1993).

Books in Print
Klassen, Sarah
Violence and Mercy. Netherlandic Press, 1991. $9.95 ISBN: 0-919417-25-6.
Borderwatch. Netherlandic Press, 1993. $9.95 ISBN: 0-919417-30-2.
Dangerous Elements. Quarry Press, 1998. $14.95. ISBN: 1-55082-222-5.
Simone Weil: Songs of Hunger and Love. Poetry (Wolsak and Wynn, 1999) ISBN 0-919897-65-7, $14.00.
The Peony Season. Short Fiction (Turnstone Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88801-248-9, $16.97

Sarah Klassen, 19 Del Rio Place, Winnipeg MB R2G 1K9, (204) 334-5793
klassens@mb.sympatico.ca