Sarah Ens
{{Short description|Canadian writer (born 1992)}}
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| name = Sarah Ens
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| birth_date = {{birth date text|1992}}
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| occupation = Poet
| period = 2020s–present
| nationality = Canadian
| notableworks = The World is Mostly Sky, Flyway
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| website = {{URL|https://www.sarahens.com}}
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Sarah Ens (born 1992) is a Canadian poet and editor from Winnipeg, Manitoba.{{cite book|title=The World is Mostly Sky|author=Sarah Ens|publisher=Turnstone Press|year=2020}}{{cite web|title=Poet meditates on family history in new book|date=27 May 2022 |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/west/2022/05/27/poet-meditates-on-family-history-in-new-book|access-date=August 31, 2022}}
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.{{cite web|title=Our Telling Teaching Us This|publisher=Arc Poetry Magazine|url=https://arcpoetry.ca/2022/01/14/world-mostly-sky-sarah-ens/|access-date=August 31, 2022}} Her second work, Flyway, is a long poem published in 2022.{{cite web|title=Poet meditates on family history in new book|date=27 May 2022 |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/west/2022/05/27/poet-meditates-on-family-history-in-new-book|access-date=August 31, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Our Telling Teaching Us This|publisher=Arc Poetry Magazine|url=https://arcpoetry.ca/2022/01/14/world-mostly-sky-sarah-ens/|access-date=August 31, 2022}} 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.{{cite web|title=Rowan McCandless, Katherena Vermette & Clayton Thomas-Müller among finalists for 2022 Manitoba Book Awards|publisher=CBC.ca|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/rowan-mccandless-katherena-vermette-clayton-thomas-müller-among-finalists-for-2022-manitoba-book-awards-1.6455792|access-date=August 31, 2022}} 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.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/2023-relit-awards-winners-announced/ "2023 ReLit Awards winners announced"]. Quill & Quire, October 2, 2023. Flyway was also a finalist for the 2022 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Margaret McWilliams Award.{{cite web|title=Kevin Lambert, Francine Cunningham & Sarah Ens win 2023 ReLit Awards|publisher=CBC.ca|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/relit-awards-2023-kevin-lambert-francine-cunningham-sarah-ens-1.6991702#:~:text=Flyway%20was%20shortlisted%20for%20the,editor%20based%20in%20Winnipeg%2C%20Manitoba.|access-date=October 23, 2023}}
Personal
Raised in Landmark, Manitoba,{{cite web|title=5 Questions with Poet Sarah Ens|date=8 April 2020 |publisher=Mennotoba|url=https://www.mennotoba.com/5-questions-sarah-ens/|access-date=August 31, 2022}} Ens studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia and completed an MFA in writing at the University of Saskatchewan.{{cite web|title=Writer|publisher=Sarah Ens|url=https://www.sarahens.com|access-date=August 31, 2022}} She is married to graphic novelist Jonathan Dyck.
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.sarahens.com}}
References
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Category:Writers from Winnipeg
Category:21st-century Canadian poets
Category:University of British Columbia alumni
Category:University of Saskatchewan alumni
Category:People from Eastman Region, Manitoba
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