Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies was published in 2022.[1]
She was born and raised in a Tibetan refugee community in Nepal before immigrating to Canada and then the United States.[2]
Lama received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia , and an MFA in writing from Columbia University.[3] She has been a resident at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center.[4] She was a 2018 Tin House Scholar.
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, inspired in part by her own experiences, tells the story of a Tibetan family's journey into exile over the course of 50 years and three generations.[5] The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize,[6] and longlisted for both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.[7] The novel was awarded the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award for Fiction.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Chemi Lhamo (July 13, 2022). "Tibetan author Tsering Yangzom Lama opens up about immigrating to Canada". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Review | A Tibetan refugee's life in Toronto: Tsering Yangzom Lama's debut novel a 'strange and compelling' tale". Toronto Star. May 25, 2022.
- ^ "Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement". Literary Hub. July 5, 2022.
- ^ Eva Zhu (June 6, 2022). "Tsering Yangzom Lama examines the cost of exile in debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies". CBC Books.
- ^ David Chau, "The realities of exile for ordinary Tibetans ground Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel". Quill & Quire, May 18, 2022.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Rawi Hage, Suzette Mayr among five finalists for the 2022 Giller Prize worth $100,000". Toronto Star, September 27, 2022.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star, March 8. 2023.
- ^ GLCA Announces 2023 Winners of the New Writers Award, https://www.glca.org/glca-announces-2023-winners-of-the-new-writers-award/
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