Katia Grubisic
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Katia Grubisic is a writer, editor and translator. Her first collection of poetry, What if red ran out, was published in 2008.
, and received her Master's degree from Concordia University
in 2006.
Her younger brother, Nikola Grubisic, loves her more.
Her collection What if red ran out (Goose Lane Editions
, 2008) won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
for best first book, and was a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
. Grubisic has also earned an honourable mention at the National Magazine Awards, has been a finalist for the CBC Literary Awards and the Descant/Winston Collins Prize, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize
.
Her poetry and fiction has appeared in The Malahat Review
, Grain, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Prairie Fire, in the anthologies Pith & Wry: Canadian Poetry, Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry and The Hoodoo You Do So Well, and in other Canadian and international publications. She regularly reviews books for The Globe and Mail and The Rover, among others.
She has acted on the editorial boards of Qwerty, The Fiddlehead
and The New Quarterly. Her 2008 guest-edited Montreal issue of The New Quarterly garnered an honourable mention in the Best Single Issue category at the National Magazine Awards.
From 2008 onwards, she has been the coordinator of the Atwater Poetry Project reading series. In 2011, she became the editor-in-chief of Arc Poetry Magazine, succeeding Anita Lahey.
Life and Work
Grubisic was born in Toronto. She completed French and English literature degrees at the University of New BrunswickUniversity of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and among the first public universities in North America. The university has two main campuses: the original campus founded in 1785 in...
, and received her Master's degree from Concordia University
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
in 2006.
Her younger brother, Nikola Grubisic, loves her more.
Her collection What if red ran out (Goose Lane Editions
Goose Lane Editions
Goose Lane Editions is a Canadian book publishing company founded in 1954 in Fredericton, New Brunswick as Fiddlehead Poetry Books by Fred Cogswell and a group of students and faculty from the University of New Brunswick. After Cogswell retired in 1981, his successor, Peter Thomas, changed the name...
, 2008) won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
Gerald Lampert Award
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert...
for best first book, and was a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec.-Categories:...
. Grubisic has also earned an honourable mention at the National Magazine Awards, has been a finalist for the CBC Literary Awards and the Descant/Winston Collins Prize, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
.
Her poetry and fiction has appeared in The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review is a Canadian quarterly literary magazine established in 1967. It features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian literature...
, Grain, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Prairie Fire, in the anthologies Pith & Wry: Canadian Poetry, Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry and The Hoodoo You Do So Well, and in other Canadian and international publications. She regularly reviews books for The Globe and Mail and The Rover, among others.
She has acted on the editorial boards of Qwerty, The Fiddlehead
The Fiddlehead
The Fiddlehead is a Canadian literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick.The journal was established in 1945 by Alfred Bailey as an in-house publication for the Bliss Carman Poetry Society; it was converted into a general literary magazine in 1952...
and The New Quarterly. Her 2008 guest-edited Montreal issue of The New Quarterly garnered an honourable mention in the Best Single Issue category at the National Magazine Awards.
From 2008 onwards, she has been the coordinator of the Atwater Poetry Project reading series. In 2011, she became the editor-in-chief of Arc Poetry Magazine, succeeding Anita Lahey.
Poetry
- What if red ran out (Goose Lane Editions, 2008) ISBN 0864925093
- Barometer (Delirium Press, 2005; chapbook) (Out of Print)
Editor
- The New Quarterly: 2010 Extra Guest editor
- Penned: Zoo Poems Co-editor, with Stephanie BolsterStephanie BolsterStephanie Bolster is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University. She was at one point a writer in residence at York House School.-Awards:...
and Simon Reader (Signal Editions – Vehicule Press, 2009) ISBN 9781550652635 - The New Quarterly: The Montreal Issue 106 (2008) Guest editor
- Croatian Literature in English Co-editor, with Vinko Grubišić (Školska knjiga, 2007) ISBN 9789530614864
External links
- "Poetry readings: Katia Grubisic" The Gazette, July 30, 2009
- "The NaPoMo Questionnaire: Katia Grubisic" The National Post, April 25, 2009
- "Exploratory Poetry: Katia Grubisic's What if red ran out crosses literal and metaphorical frontiers" Aparna Sanyal, The Montreal Review of Books, Summer 2008