Robert Kroetsch was born in Heisler, Alberta, on June 26, 1927. He was coeditor of boundary 2 at the State University of New York, Binghamton, from 1972 to 1978. He now teaches at the University of Manitoba.
Awards
Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1969.
Selected Publications
What the Crow Said (novel). (General Publishing, 1983).
Letters to Salonika. (Grand Union Press, 1983).
Essays: Robert Kroetsch (criticisms). (Open Letter, 1983).
Alibi (novel). (General Publishing, 1984).
Advice to My Friends. (General Publishing, 1985).
Excerpts from the Real World: A Prose Poem in Ten Parts. (Oolichan
Books, 1986).
Completed Field Notes: The Long Poems of Robert Kroetsch. (McClelland
& Stewart, 1989).
The Lovely Treachery of Words: Essays Selected and New. (Oxford University
Press, 1989).
The Puppeteer (novel). (Random House, Vintage Books, 1992).
A Likely Story: The Writing Life. (Red Deer College Press, 1995).
Books in Print
Kroetsch, Robert
A Likely Story: The Writing Life. Red Deer College Press, 1995.
Alibi (novel). General Publishing, 1984. $4.95 ISBN: 0-7736-7084-8.
Completed Field Notes: The Long Poems of Robert Kroetsch. McClelland
& Stewart, 1989. $16.95 ISBN: 0-7710-4506-9.
Excerpts from the Real World: A Prose Poem in Ten Parts. Oolichan Books,
1986. $25.00 ISBN: 0-88982-063-5 (hb); $7.95 ISBN: 0-88982-059-7 (pb).
Labyrinths of Voice: Conversations with Robert Kroetsch. NeWest Press,
1982. $8.95 ISBN: 0-920316-39-5.
Seed Catalogue. Turnstone Press, 1986. $6.95 ISBN: 0-88801-109-1.
The Criminal Intensities of Love as Paradise. Oolichan Books, 1981. $30.00
ISBN: 0-88982-045-7.
The Ledger. Brick Books, 1979. $6.96 ISBN: 0-919626-11-4.
The Lovely Treachery of Words: Essays Selected and New. Oxford University
Press, 1989. $15.95 ISBN: 0-19-540694-X.
The Puppeteer (novel). Random House, Vintage Books, 1992. $22.00 ISBN:
0-394-22037-4 (hb); $14.50 ISBN: 0-394-22364-0 (pb).
The Sad Phoenician. Coach House Press, 1979. $12.95 ISBN: 0-88910-159-0.
The Stone Hammer Poems 1960-1975. Oolichan Books, 1976. $6.95 ISBN: 0-88982-014-7.
The Studhorse Man (novel). Random House, 1988. $12.00 ISBN: 0-394-22049-8.
What the Crow Said (novel). General Publishing, 1983. $3.95 ISBN: 0-7736-7060-2.