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]
Proma Tagore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kolkata, India |
| Occupation | poet, editor |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | language is not the only thing that breaks |
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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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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