birth_place notableworks genre article_title birth_name occupation
valois on lac st. louis , quebec , canada '' shadow maker '' biography , poetry rosemary sullivan
 rosemary sullivan writer
rosemary sullivan

rosemary sullivan -lrb- born 1947 -rrb- is a canadian poet , biographer , and anthologist .
sullivan was born in the small town of valois on lac st. louis , which is located just outside of montreal , quebec .
after graduating from st. thomas high school , she attended mcgill university on a scholarship , and earned her bachelor 's degree in 1968 .
after she was married in 1968 , she then attended the university of connecticut where she earned her m.a. in 1969 .
finally sullivan attended the university of sussex earning her phd for her thesis `` the garden master : the poetry of theodore roethke '' in 1972 .
after completing her post secondary education , sullivan moved to france to teach at the university of dijon , and later at the university of bordeaux .
two years later she was hired at the university of victoria , and then in 1977 at the university of toronto , where she has taught ever since .
in 1978 sullivan decided to dedicate herself to her writing , while still teaching at the university of toronto rosemary sullivan is a celebrated critic , editor , poet , and biographer .
she writes `` wisely and sensibly and well . ''
her first collection of poetry `` the space a name makes '' , was awarded the gerald lampert award for best first book of poetry published in canada in 1968 .
in 1987 sullivan began writing a biography on elizabeth smart , titled `` by heart '' , which was later published in 1991 by penguin books .
sullivan soon realized she had a passion for biographies , and in 1995 s `` hadow maker : the life of gwendolyn macewen '' was published .
`` shadow maker '' won numerous awards , including the governor generals award for non-fiction , the canadian authors ' association award for non-fiction , the president 's medal for biography , university of british columbia , and the city of toronto book award .
then in 1998 , `` the red shoes : margaret atwood starting out '' was published .
aside from her writing career , sullivan has been working with amnesty international since 1979 , and in 1980 founded a congress to aid amnesty international .
sullivan has also traveled all over the world including russia , czechoslovakia , cuba , chile , and nicaragua .
sullivan 's first collection of poetry , `` the space a name makes '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- , was awarded the gerald lampert award .
her biography of gwendolyn macewen , `` shadow maker '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , won the governor general 's award .
sullivan teaches at the university of toronto .
