Janis Rapoport (1946‒ ) was born in Toronto, Ontario, where she earned her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. Rapoport is a playwright, non-fiction writer, poet, educator, and editor. She has been a Creative Writing instructor at the University of Toronto, a Playwright-in-Residence, an Associate Editor for Tamarack Review, and Editor of Ethos. She is a member of the Playwrights’ Guild of Canada, and has been a member of the League of Canadian Poets, the Writers’ Guild of Canada, the Writers’ Union of Canada, and PEN International. Rapoport has published numerous plays, poems, and non-fiction pieces, and has received multiple awards for her works.
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“Janis Rapoport (Fonds 37).” E. J. Pratt Library. Victoria University Library, library.vicu.utoronto.ca/collections/special_collections/f37_janis_rapoport.