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'''Jaspreet Singh''' (born 1969) is a Canadian | '''Jaspreet Singh''' (born 1969) is a Canadian novelist and chemist <ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/a-huge-crime-against-humanity/article5335298.ece Interview with the Author in which he speaks about ''Helium'']</ref> and poet. | ||
==Life and early career== | ==Life and early career== | ||
He grew up in Punjab | He grew up in Punjab (India) and Indian-administered Kashmir and moved to Canada in 1990.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from [[McGill University]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the [[Calgary Distinguished Writers Program]] at the [[University of Calgary]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He served as the 2016–17 Writer-in-Residence at the [[University of Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ualberta.ca/english-film-studies/programs/writer-in-residence-program/previous-writers-in-residence|title=Previous Writers-in-Residence {{!}} Faculty of Arts|website=ualberta.ca|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury),<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0320/1224266675280.html Irish Times Review of Jaspreet Singh's Chef, the novel set in Kashmir]</ref> and ''[[Seventeen Tomatoes|Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir]]'', a collection of linked stories. Both books deal with the damaged landscapes of [[Kashmir]], especially [[Siachen Glacier]]. His play, ''Speak, Oppenheimer'', written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]. He contributed an essay to the anthology ''[[AIDS Sutra|AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India]]'' (2008). His second novel, ''Helium'', was published in 2013. It tells the story of a young chemistry student whose mentor was murdered in the course of the [[anti-Sikh riots]] in 1984.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/jaspreet-singhs-helium-is-a-tour-de-force/article14051786/ The Globe and Mail on Jaspreet Singh's Helium]</ref> His personal essay about 1984 in India was published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jaspreet-singh/|work=india.blogs.nytimes|title=Jaspreet Singh}}</ref> ''November'', a collection of poems, appeared in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/|work=albertaviews.ca|title=Poems – November|date=June 2018 }}</ref> | Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury),<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0320/1224266675280.html Irish Times Review of Jaspreet Singh's Chef, the novel set in Kashmir]</ref> and ''[[Seventeen Tomatoes|Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir]]'', a collection of linked stories. Both books deal with the damaged landscapes of [[Kashmir]], especially [[Siachen Glacier]]. His play, ''Speak, Oppenheimer'', written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]. He contributed an essay to the anthology ''[[AIDS Sutra|AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India]]'' (2008). His second novel, ''Helium'', was published in 2013. It tells the story of a young chemistry student whose mentor was murdered in the course of the [[anti-Sikh riots]] in 1984.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/jaspreet-singhs-helium-is-a-tour-de-force/article14051786/ The Globe and Mail on Jaspreet Singh's Helium]</ref> His personal essay about 1984 in India was published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jaspreet-singh/|work=india.blogs.nytimes|title=Jaspreet Singh}}</ref> ''November'', a collection of poems, appeared in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/|work=albertaviews.ca|title=Poems – November|date=June 2018 }}</ref> More and more his work engages with deep time and the ecological crisis. | ||
==Publications== | |||
'''POETRY COLLECTIONS''' | |||
''Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock'' (NeWest Press, 2024) | |||
''How to Hold a Pebble'' (NeWest Press, 2022) | |||
''November'' (Bayeux Arts, 2017) | |||
'''MEMOIR''' | |||
''My Mother, My Translator'' (Vehicule Press, 2021) | |||
'''NOVELS''' | |||
''Chef'' (Bloomsbury, 2010) | |||
''Helium'' (Bloomsbury, 2013) | |||
''Face'' (Brindle & Glass, 2022) | |||
'''SHORT STORIES''' | |||
''Seventeen Tomatoes: tales from Kashmir'' (Vehicule Press, 2004) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 30 June 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Jaspreet Singh (born 1969) is a Canadian novelist and chemist [1] and poet.
Life and early career
He grew up in Punjab (India) and Indian-administered Kashmir and moved to Canada in 1990.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He served as the 2016–17 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta.[2]
Works
Singh is the author of the novel Chef (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury),[3] and Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir, a collection of linked stories. Both books deal with the damaged landscapes of Kashmir, especially Siachen Glacier. His play, Speak, Oppenheimer, written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including J. Robert Oppenheimer. He contributed an essay to the anthology AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India (2008). His second novel, Helium, was published in 2013. It tells the story of a young chemistry student whose mentor was murdered in the course of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984.[4] His personal essay about 1984 in India was published in The New York Times as "Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi".[5] November, a collection of poems, appeared in 2017.[6] More and more his work engages with deep time and the ecological crisis.
Publications
POETRY COLLECTIONS
Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock (NeWest Press, 2024)
How to Hold a Pebble (NeWest Press, 2022)
November (Bayeux Arts, 2017)
MEMOIR
My Mother, My Translator (Vehicule Press, 2021)
NOVELS
Chef (Bloomsbury, 2010)
Helium (Bloomsbury, 2013)
Face (Brindle & Glass, 2022)
SHORT STORIES
Seventeen Tomatoes: tales from Kashmir (Vehicule Press, 2004)
References
- ↑ Interview with the Author in which he speaks about Helium
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- ↑ Irish Times Review of Jaspreet Singh's Chef, the novel set in Kashmir
- ↑ The Globe and Mail on Jaspreet Singh's Helium
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Canadian poets
- Canadian novelists
- Canadian male short story writers
- Canadian male novelists
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Indian poets
- Indian emigrants to Canada
- Indian male novelists
- McGill University Faculty of Engineering alumni
- Canadian writers of Asian descent
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian short story writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- Novelists from Alberta