Phyllis Gotlieb

Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (née Bloom; May 25, 1926 – July 14, 2009)^[1][2] was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.

Phyllis Gotlieb
Phyllis Gotlieb in 1982
Born	Phyllis Fay Bloom (1926-05-25)May 25, 1926 Toronto, Ontario
Died	July 14, 2009(2009-07-14) (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario
Resting place	Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Poet, novelist
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Notable awards	Prix Aurora Award
Spouse	Calvin Gotlieb ​ (m. 1949)​
Children	Leo Gotlieb Margaret Gotlieb Jane Lipson

Biography

Born of Jewish heritage^[3] in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).

In 1961, Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One, a collection of poems.^[4] Her first novel, the science-fiction tale Sunburst, was published in 1964. Gotlieb won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982 for her novel A Judgement of Dragons. The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel.^[5]

Her husband was Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), a computer-science professor who lived in Toronto, Ontario.

Bibliography

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Science fiction novels

• Sunburst. New York: Fawcett, 1964.
• Birthstones. Toronto: Robert J. Sawyer Books, 2007.^[7]

Dahlgren

• O Master Caliban! New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
• Heart of Red Iron. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.^[7]

Starcats

• A Judgement of Dragons. New York: Berkley Publishers, 1980.
• Emperor, Swords, Pentacles. New York: Ace, 1982.
• The Kingdom of the Cats. New York: Ace, 1985.

Flesh and Gold

• Flesh and Gold. New York: Tor, 1998.^[7]
• Violent Stars. New York: Tor, 1999.^[7]
• Mindworld. New York: Tor, 2002.^[7]

Science fiction collections

• Son of the Morning and Other Stories. New York: Ace, 1983.
• Blue Apes. Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1995.^[7]

Science fiction anthology

• Tesseracts 2 with Douglas Barbour (1987)

Novel

• Why Should I Have All the Grief? Toronto: Macmillan, 1969.

Poetry collections

• Who Knows One? Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961.
• Within the Zodiac. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1964.
• Ordinary Moving. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1969.
• Doctor Umlaut's Earthly Kingdom. London, ON: Calliope Press, 1974.
• The Works. London, ON: Calliope Press, 1978.
• Red Blood Black Ink White Paper: New and Selected Poems 1961–2001. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2002. – 2002
• Phyllis Loves Kelly. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2014.

Notes

1. Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.^[6]