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Robert Kroetsch was born and raised on a homestead near Heisler, Alberta, studied
at the Universities of Alberta and Iowa, and taught literature and creative writing
at the State University of New York and the University of Manitoba. During his long
career he has authored more than twenty books of poetry, fiction and essays,
including The Studhorse Man (Govenor General's Award 1969), The Stone Hammer Poems,
Seed Catalogue, The Sad Phoenician, Field Notes, Badlands, The Words of My Roaring,
What the Cow Said, Excerpts From the Real World, The Lovely Treachery of Words and The Puppeteer. His writing continues to influence the direction of Canadian literature. |