Lake Sagaris (born 1956 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-Chilean journalist, poet, writer, urban planner, translator, and community leader.
When she was elected a leader into the Bellavista neighborhood association in the 1990s she became active in neighborhood issues. Sagaris achieved a Master of Science in 2006 and got her PhD in Urban Planning and Community Development in 2012 both at the University of Toronto.
Her book After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind was a non-fiction finalist for the 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit. She won first prize in the Periodical Writers Association of Canada Magazine and Newspaper Travel Writing Contest 1997 for her article "Norte Grande."
Books
- Sagaris, Lake. Bone and dream : into the world's driest desert. 1st ed. -- Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, c2000. ISBN 0-676-97223-3 (about the Atacama Desert in Chile)
- Sagaris, Lake. After the first death : a journey through Chile, time, mind. Toronto : Somerville House Publishing, c1996. xxviii, 401 p., p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. ISBN 1-895897-63-7
- Sagaris, Lake. Medusa's children : a journey from Newfoundland to Chiloé. Regina : Coteau Books, c1993. 142 p. : map ; 23 cm. ISBN 1-55050-046-5
- Sagaris, Lake. Exile home = Exilio en la patria. : Cormorant Books, Casa Canadá, c1986. 104 p. ; 23 cm. Poems in English and Spanish. ISBN 0-920953-04-2
References
- "European Cyclists' Federation". 31 March 2016.
- Canada Council for the Arts - Cumulative list of finalists Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Sources 41 - The Winners
- Kolbeins, Melanie. Review of Bone and Dream by Lake Sagaris. Canadian Literature, issue 181 (Summer 2004): 103–104.
- The Writers' Union of Canada - Lake Sagaris
External links
- Lake Sagaris Official site.
- Sagaris, Lake. "Fear eats the soul." new internationalist, issue 161 - July 1986
- Sagaris, Lake - "Not Now, NAFTA - Chile and the North American Free Trade Agreement" - Sierra, January 1999
- Living on Earth, December 4, 1998. Chip Plant Threatens Chilean Rainforest, by Lake Sagaris
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