Roberta Rees

Roberta Rees (born 1954 in New Westminster, British Columbia)[1] is a Canadian writer from Alberta.[2] She is most noted for her short story collection Long After Fathers, which won the ReLit Award for short fiction, and was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, in 2008.[3]

She won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1993 for her poetry collection Eyes Like Pigeons,[4] and her novel Beneath the Faceless Mountain won the Alberta New Fiction Competition for unpublished manuscripts in 1993.[5] Following the publication of Beneath the Faceless Mountain in 1994, the book was cowinner with Richard Wagamese's Keeper 'n Me of the fiction award at the 1995 Writers Guild of Alberta awards.[6]

Rees was raised primarily in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, and has been based in Calgary since moving there at age 19 to attend the University of Calgary.[1] She has also taught English and creative writing at the high school and university levels.

References

  1. 1 2 "Author finds voice in elements". Calgary Herald, November 4, 1994.
  2. ↑ "Roberta Rees gets into writing's rhythm". Calgary Herald, October 9, 2007.
  3. ↑ "ReLit award winners named". Ottawa Citizen, July 27, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Novice poets share national prize". Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 1993.
  5. ↑ "Calgary's Roberta Rees wins Alberta Fiction Award". Calgary Herald, March 23, 1993.
  6. ↑ "Rees, Wagamese share novel win at Writers Guild of Alberta gala". Edmonton Journal, May 14, 1995.
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