Priscila Uppal
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Priscila Uppal FRSC (October 30, 1974 – September 5, 2018)[1] was a Canadian poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright.[1] Her poetry addressed various social issues regarding "women, violence, sexuality, culture, religion, illness and loss."[1]
Personal life and career
Uppal was born in Ottawa, Ontario, she graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1993. She earned her Honours Bachelor of Arts from York University in 1997, a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from York University in 2004.[2] Following graduation, she was a professor in the Department of English at York University in Toronto and taught literature and creative writing.[3]
In 2007, her book of poetry Ontological Necessities was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize.[4] Uppal's poetry collection Pretending to Die (2001) was shortlisted for the ReLit Award,[1] and her memoir Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction in 2013.[5] She served as the first poet-in-residence for the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament in 2011.[6] She was also the Olympic poet-in-residence at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and the 2012 London Summer Olympics.[7] As a result of her role as the poet-in-residence for the London Summer Olympics, she was dubbed "Canada's coolest poet" by Time Out London magazine.[7] Uppal also became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016.[8]
Uppal died of synovial sarcoma on September 5, 2018[9] after being diagnosed with the disease three years prior.[1]
Awards and honours
Uppal became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016.[8]
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Pretending to Die | ReLit Award | Shortlist | [1] |
| 2007 | Ontological Necessities | Griffin Poetry Prize | Shortlist | [4] |
| 2013 | Projection | Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction | Shortlist | [10] |
| 2013 | Projection | Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction | Shortlist | [5] |
Bibliography
Poetry
- How to Draw Blood From a Stone, Exile Editions, Ltd. 1998. Template:Isbn.
- Confessions of a Fertility Expert, Exile Editions, Ltd. 1999. Template:Isbn.
- Pretending to Die, Exile Editions, Ltd. 2001. Template:Isbn.
- Live Coverage, Exile Editions, Ltd. 2003. Template:Isbn.
- Cover Before Striking, Lyricalmyrical Press, 2004, Template:ISBN
- Holocaust Dream, MacLaren Arts Centre, 2005, Template:ISBN (photographs by Daniel Ehrenworth)
- Ontological Necessities, Exile Editions, Ltd. 2003. Template:Isbn.
- Traumatology, Exile Editions, 2010, Template:ISBN
- Winter Sport: Poems, Mansfield Press, 2010, Template:ISBN
- Successful Tragedies, Bloodaxe Books, 2010, Template:ISBN
Fiction
- The Divine Economy of Salvation, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2002, Template:ISBN; Doubleday Canada, 2003, Template:ISBN
- To Whom It May Concern, Doubleday Canada, 2009, Template:ISBN
- Cover Before Striking, Dundurn Press, 2015, Template:ISBN
Non-fiction
- We Are What We Mourn, McGill–Queen's University Press, 2009. Template:Isbn
- Projection, Dundurn Press, 2013, Template:ISBN
Anthologies (as editor)
- The Exile Book of Canadian Sports Stories, Exile Editions, 2010, Template:ISBN
- The Exile Book of Poetry in Translation: Twenty Canadian Poets Take on the World, Exile Editions, 2009, Template:ISBN
- Barry Callaghan: Essays on his Works, Guernica, 2007, Template:ISBN
- Uncommon Ground: A Celebration of Matt Cohen – 2002 (edited with Graeme Gibson, Wayne Grady, and Dennis Lee)
- Red Silk: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women Poets, Mansfield Press, 2004, Template:ISBN (edited with Rishma Dunlop)
Anthologies (as contributor)
- Alphabet City 11: Trash
- Body Language: A Head to Toe Anthology
- Certain Things About My Mother: Daughters Speak
- In the Dark: Stories from the Supernatural
- Larger Than Life
- Mentor's Canon: poems about / for / after writers
- New Canadian Poetry
- Writer's Gym
Plays
- What Linda Said[11]
References
External links
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- Canadian women novelists
- Canadian women poets
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Poets from Ottawa
- 1974 births
- 2018 deaths
- Canadian writers of Asian descent
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian memoirists
- Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian women memoirists
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Deaths from synovial sarcoma
- Deaths from cancer in Ontario
- Neurological disease deaths in Ontario
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- University of Toronto alumni
- York University alumni
- Academic staff of York University
- Novelists from Ottawa
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