Sarah Klassen

Sarah Klassen is shown reading from The Russian Daughter at the book's launch at McNally Robinson Boookstore, Winnipeg in 2023. Klassen has short grey hair, glasses, and light coloured skin. They are wearing a collared shirt in a dark red print. They are behind a wooden podium with the words McNally Robinson printed on it. The store's bookshelves are visible behind the reader. So is a banner with the bookstore's logo.
Sarah Klassen reading at the launch of The Russian Daughter at McNally Robinson Bookstore Winnipeg, 19 January 2023.

Sarah Klassen (born 6 October 1932) is a Canadian writer and retired educator living in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1][2] 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[3] and Klassen's novel, The Wittenbergs, was awarded the Margaret McWilliams Award for popular history.[4]

  1. ^ Gordon, Ariel (14 January 2023). "In Conversation with Sarah Klassen: Nonagenarian Manitoba writer's historical novel owes a debt to her mother, time spent teaching in Ukraine". Winnipeg Free Press. pp. F3.
  2. ^ Hostetler, Ann Elizabeth (2003). A cappella: Mennonite voices in poetry. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-87745-874-X. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. ^ Unrau-Poetker, Emily (13 October 2020). "Sarah Klassen — 'The Tree of Life'". The Manitoban. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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