# Rob Winger

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{{Short description|Ontario-born poet and educator}}
'''Rob Winger''' (born 1974) is an Ontario-born [poet](/source/poet) and educator. Winger grew up in [Springvale, Ontario](/source/Springvale%2C_Ontario), and has lived in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Sackville, New Brunswick](/source/Sackville%2C_New_Brunswick), [South Korea](/source/South_Korea), [Bangkok, Thailand](/source/Bangkok%2C_Thailand), [Guelph, Ontario](/source/Guelph%2C_Ontario), and [Ottawa, Ontario](/source/Ottawa%2C_Ontario). Winger now lives with his family in [Port Perry, Ontario](/source/Port_Perry%2C_Ontario). He has been an assistant professor in the Department of English at [Trent University](/source/Trent_University) since 2013.

==Education==
Winger received a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in English and fine arts from [Mount Allison University](/source/Mount_Allison_University) in 1997, a [Bachelor of Education](/source/Bachelor_of_Education) from the [University of Ottawa](/source/University_of_Ottawa) in 2001, a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) in [English literature](/source/English_literature) from the [University of Guelph](/source/University_of_Guelph) in 2002, and a [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) from [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University) in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} Winger was a postdoctoral fellow at [McMaster University](/source/McMaster_University) from 2011 to 2013.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==Works==
Winger's first collection of poems about famed photographer [Eadweard Muybridge](/source/Eadweard_Muybridge), entitled ''Muybridge's Horse'', won the 2003 CBC Literary Award for poetry.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} Published by Nightwood Editions in 2007, the final book, ''Muybridge's Horse: a poem in three phases'', was nominated for the 2007 [Governor General's Award](/source/Governor_General's_Award),<ref>{{cite web |last=Carey |first=Barbara |date=2007-10-18 |title=War of words |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/ggpoetry07.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021045954/http://cbc.ca/arts/books/ggpoetry07.html |archive-date=2007-10-21 |website=[CBC Arts](/source/CBC_Arts)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Le Conseil des Arts du Canada sera l'hôte du Sommet mondial des arts et de la culture |url=http://www.canadacouncil.ca/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=6008&query=2007%20governor%20generals%20literary%20awards&hiword=2007%20AWARD%20AWARDED%20AWARDING%20GENERAL%20GENERALE%20GENERALLY%20GOVERN%20GOVERNED%20GOVERNING%20GOVERNORS%20awards%20generals%20governor%20literary%20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609002421/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=6008&query=2007%20governor%20generals%20literary%20awards&hiword=2007%20AWARD%20AWARDED%20AWARDING%20GENERAL%20GENERALE%20GENERALLY%20GOVERN%20GOVERNED%20GOVERNING%20GOVERNORS%20awards%20generals%20governor%20literary%20 |archive-date=2011-06-09 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=[Le Conseil des Arts du Canada](/source/Le_Conseil_des_Arts_du_Canada)}}</ref> 2007 [Trillium Book Award for Poetry](/source/Trillium_Book_Award),<ref name="2008finalists">"Trillium Book Award announces finalists". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', May 24, 2008.</ref>  2007 [Ottawa Book Award](/source/Ottawa_Book_Award),{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} and was named a Globe and Mail Best Book for 2007.<ref>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/article801367.ece {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>  Selections from the book have been translated into Japanese by Motoyuki Shibata. Winger is also the recipient of several grants from the [Ontario Arts Council](/source/Ontario_Arts_Council) and the [Canada Council for the Arts](/source/Canada_Council_for_the_Arts).{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} His second and third volumes of poems,''The Chimney Stone'' (2010), which was written in conjunction with his doctoral thesis, and ''Old Hat'' (2014), were also published by Nightwood Editions.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chimney Stone |url=http://www.nightwoodeditions.com/title/ChimneyStone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030064735/http://www.nightwoodeditions.com/title/ChimneyStone |archive-date=2010-10-30 |website=Nightwood Editions}}</ref> His fourth collection is ''It Doesn't Matter What We Meant'' ([McClelland & Stewart](/source/McClelland_%26_Stewart), 2021).

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