Phyllis Gotlieb

Novelist, Author

1926 – 2009

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Who was Phyllis Gotlieb?

Phyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom BA, MA 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 and 1950.

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 widower is Calvin Gotlieb, a computer science professor; they lived in Toronto, Ontario.

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Born
May 25, 1926
Toronto
Also known as
  • Phyllis Fay Gotlieb
Spouses
Religion
  • Judaism
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • University of Toronto
Lived in
  • Toronto
Died
Jul 14, 2009
Toronto

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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