Proma Tagore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kolkata, India |
| Occupation | poet, editor |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | language is not the only thing that breaks |
Proma Tagore is a Canadian poet and editor, who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014. [1]
Born in Kolkata, India, Tagore emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of four. [2] She resides in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. [2]
She has published a poetry collection, language is not the only thing that breaks, and a non-fiction work of literary analysis, The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony. [1] She was also editor of In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation, an anthology of essays by students and educators on the subject of racial discrimination and decolonization. [1]
Works
- In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation (Larkuma Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9733821-2-0)
- The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony ( McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780773534551)
- language is not the only thing that breaks ( Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011. ISBN 9781551523996)
References
- ^ a b c Baldassi, Julie (24 June 2014). "Tamai Kobayashi wins 2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ a b "2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers Honour of Distinction: Proma Tagore". Writers' Trust of Canada.
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Proma Tagore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kolkata, India |
| Occupation | poet, editor |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | language is not the only thing that breaks |
Proma Tagore is a Canadian poet and editor, who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014. [1]
Born in Kolkata, India, Tagore emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of four. [2] She resides in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. [2]
She has published a poetry collection, language is not the only thing that breaks, and a non-fiction work of literary analysis, The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony. [1] She was also editor of In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation, an anthology of essays by students and educators on the subject of racial discrimination and decolonization. [1]
Works
- In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation (Larkuma Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9733821-2-0)
- The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony ( McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780773534551)
- language is not the only thing that breaks ( Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011. ISBN 9781551523996)
References
- ^ a b c Baldassi, Julie (24 June 2014). "Tamai Kobayashi wins 2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ a b "2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers Honour of Distinction: Proma Tagore". Writers' Trust of Canada.
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| This article about a poet from Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Canadian women poets
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- Canadian editors
- Canadian women editors
- Canadian literary critics
- Canadian women literary critics
- Living people
- Indian emigrants to Canada
- Canadian LGBT poets
- Canadian writers of Asian descent
- Writers from Kolkata
- Poets from Vancouver
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people
- Canadian poet stubs