Sarah Ens Explained

Sarah Ens
Occupation:Poet
Period:2020s–present
Nationality:Canadian
Notableworks:The World is Mostly Sky, Flyway

Sarah Ens (born 1992) is a Canadian poet and editor from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] [2]

Career

Ens began publishing poetry in the 2010s. Her first collection of poetry, The World is Mostly Sky, came out in 2020 with Turnstone Press.[3] Her second work, Flyway, is a long poem published in 2022.[4] [5] Her collection The World is Mostly Sky was a finalist for the 2021 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Landsdowne Prize for Poetry in 2022.[6] She has edited and copy edited works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and also works as a publicist at University of Manitoba Press.

Her book Flyway won the 2023 ReLit Award for poetry.[7] Flyway was also a finalist for the 2022 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Margaret McWilliams Award.[8]

Personal

Raised in Landmark, Manitoba,[9] Ens studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia and completed an MFA in writing at the University of Saskatchewan.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The World is Mostly Sky. Sarah Ens. Turnstone Press. 2020.
  2. Web site: Poet meditates on family history in new book. 27 May 2022 . Winnipeg Free Press. August 31, 2022.
  3. Web site: Our Telling Teaching Us This. Arc Poetry Magazine. August 31, 2022.
  4. Web site: Poet meditates on family history in new book. 27 May 2022 . Winnipeg Free Press. August 31, 2022.
  5. Web site: Our Telling Teaching Us This. Arc Poetry Magazine. August 31, 2022.
  6. Web site: Rowan McCandless, Katherena Vermette & Clayton Thomas-Müller among finalists for 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. CBC.ca. August 31, 2022.
  7. https://quillandquire.com/omni/2023-relit-awards-winners-announced/ "2023 ReLit Awards winners announced"
  8. Web site: Kevin Lambert, Francine Cunningham & Sarah Ens win 2023 ReLit Awards. CBC.ca. October 23, 2023.
  9. Web site: 5 Questions with Poet Sarah Ens. 8 April 2020 . Mennotoba. August 31, 2022.
  10. Web site: Writer. Sarah Ens. August 31, 2022.