Adam Sol is a Canadian-American poet.

Life

Adam Sol was born in 1969 in New York and raised in

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. He graduated from

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, from

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with an M.F.A, and from the

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with a Ph.D. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Rabbi Yael Splansky.

Work

Sol's first book, ''Jonah's Promise,'' won the First Series Book Award from MidList Press and was published in 2000. His second collection, ''Crowd of Sounds'', was published by House of Anansi Press and won the Trillium Award for Poetry in 2004. His third collection, ''Jeremiah Ohio'', was published by House of Anansi Press in 2008. His fourth, ''Complicity'', was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2014. Sol's poetry blog "How a Poem Moves" became th
How a Poem Moves
a book in 2019, recommended by the CBC. Sol's most recent book, ''Broken Dawn Blessings'', was the 2022 winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry. Sol currently holds the Blake C. Goldring Chair at the University of Toronto's Victoria College.

Awards

*2004

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for Poetry *2008

for Poetry, Shortlist *2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry *2023

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for Poetry

Works

Poetry

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Non-fiction

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References

External links

"Adam Sol: A conversation ending with a poem", ''Lemon Hound'', April 07, 2009"Ten Questions (Trillium Finalists Series) with Adam Sol", ''Open Book Toronto''
* ttp://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/04/14/the-napomo-questionnaire-adam-sol.aspx "The NaPoMo Questionnaire: Adam Sol", ''The NationalPost'', April 14, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sol, Adam Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian male writers American emigrants to Canada Canadian male poets Writers from New York (state) Tufts University alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni University of Cincinnati alumni Academic staff of York University Academic staff of the University of Toronto Scarborough Academic staff of Laurentian University People from New Fairfield, Connecticut Poets from Ontario