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 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. From October 2000 to April 2001 he was Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public library. Bibliography 1972:Blood Ties 1976:Open Country 1977:Flower and Song (in Xochitl, in Cuicatl) 1981:Ideas of Shelter 1982:The Presence of Fire 1995:Rumours of Paradise/Rumours of War 1996:Five-o'clock Shadows 2001:Tasting the Dark See also Canadian literature Canadian poetry List of Canadian poets List of Canadian writers References External links Archives of George Amabile (George Amabile fonds, R11693) are held at Library and Archives Canada 1936 births Living people Canadian male poets Writers from Winnipeg 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian male writers