Sarah Klassen (born 1932) is a Canadian writer.[1] She is the author of A Feast of Longing and one other short fiction collection, The Peony Season, and five books of poetry. A novel, The Wittenbergs, was published in 2013. Klassen's first volume of poetry, Journey to Yalta, was awarded the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award in 1989. Klassen is the recipient of Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry[2] and Klassen's novel, The Wittenbergs, was awarded the Margaret McWilliams Award for popular history.[3]
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She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg. Aside from writing, she has taught English in the public school system in Winnipeg and at summer institutes in Lithuania and Ukraine. Klassen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides there.
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