Adam Sol

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Adam Sol
Born New York City, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityCanadian-American
Education Tufts University
Indiana University Bloomington (MFA)
University of Cincinnati (PhD)
SpouseRabbi Yael Splansky
Children3

Adam Sol is a Canadian-American poet.

Life

Adam Sol was born in New York City and raised in New Fairfield, Connecticut. He graduated from Tufts University, from Indiana University Bloomington with an M.F.A, and from the University of Cincinnati with a Ph.D. [1] He lives in Toronto [2] with his wife, Rabbi Yael Splansky, and their three sons.

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Work

Sol published his first book of poems, Jonah's Promise in 2000, with MidList Press. His second collection, Crowd of Sounds, 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. [3]

Sol's poetry blog "How a Poem Moves" became the How a Poem Movesa book in 2019, recommended by CBC. [4]

Sol's most recent book, Broken Dawn Blessings, was the 2022 winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry. [5]

Sol currently holds the Blake C. Goldring Chair at the University of Toronto's Victoria College. [6]

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