Robert Kroetsch

(1927–2011) Poet Canada

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Robert Kroetsch was a poet from Canada, best known for The studhorse man: a novel..

Quick Facts About Robert Kroetsch

Born: June 26, 1927
Died: June 21, 2011
Nationality: Canada
Profession: Poet
Notable works: The studhorse man: a novel.

About Robert Kroetsch

Robert Paul Kroetsch was a Canadian novelist, poet and nonfiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, boundary 2, he was an influential figure in Canada in introducing ideas about postmodernism.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Officer of the Order of Canada

Quotes by Robert Kroetsch

I'm no longer interested in the possible.

Robert Kroetsch

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Ariel Gordon is superbly, supremely, a poet of the body. She finds words for the physicality of the forest, of the garden,…

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Alive

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“A loose generalization would have it that creation and destruction go hand in hand. But my destruction takes the form of trying…

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Creation and destruction

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“Without writing, I sometimes suspect there would be no such thing as love.”

Robert Kroetsch

Love

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George Bowering doesn’t play fair. Baseball Love is so good there is no memoir in the league that can go up against…

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Baseball

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“If we have nothing to write about but nothing to write about, then that is what we have to write about.”

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Writing

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To approach the badlands is to find a gap in the known and expected world.

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Approach

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“We can only re-tell stories; we attempt, in doing so, to tell new stories. Is there a way out of this bind?…

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