{{short description|Canadian poet}} '''George Amabile''' (born 29 May 1936) is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His poetry, fiction and non-fiction have been published in Canada, the USA, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand in over a hundred anthologies, magazines, journals and periodicals.
He has published seven books. ''The Presence of Fire''<ref>McClelland & Stewart, 1982</ref> won the Canadian Authors' Association Silver Medal for Poetry; his long poem, ''Dur'', placed third in the CBC Literary Competition for 1991; ''Popular Crime'' won first prize in the Sidney Booktown International Poetry Contest in February, 2000; and he is the subject of a special issue of Prairie Fire.<ref>Prairie Fire Vol. 21, No. 1, May 2000</ref> From October 2000 to April 2001 he was Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehypertexts.com/George_Amabile_Poet_Poetry_Picture_Bio.htm | title=George Amabile: Poet, Poetry, Picture, Bio }}</ref>
==Bibliography== *1972: ''Blood Ties'' *1976: ''Open Country'' *1977: ''Flower and Song (in Xochitl, in Cuicatl)'' {{ISBN|0-919594-63-8}} *1981: ''Ideas of Shelter'' {{ISBN|0-88801-054-0}} *1982: ''The Presence of Fire'' {{ISBN|0-7710-0735-3}} *1995: ''Rumours of Paradise/Rumours of War'' {{ISBN|0-7710-0736-1}} *1996: ''Five-o'clock Shadows'' {{ISBN|0-921688-13-X}} *2001: ''Tasting the Dark'' {{ISBN|1-896239-77-3}}
==See also== {{Portal| Poetry| Biography|Canada}} *Canadian literature *Canadian poetry *List of Canadian poets
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==External links== * Archives of George Amabile [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3671182&lang=eng (George Amabile fonds, R11693)] are held at Library and Archives Canada
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