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'''Jaspreet Singh''' (born 1969) is a Canadian writer. | '''Jaspreet Singh''' (born 1969) is a Canadian writer. | ||
He grew up in India and moved to [[Canada]] in 1990. He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from [[McGill University]]. From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the [[Calgary Distinguished Writers Program]] <ref>[https://www.ucalgary.ca/cdwp/ The Calgary Distinguished Writers Program]</ref> at the [[University of Calgary]]. 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=www.ualberta.ca|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> | He grew up in India and moved to [[Canada]] in 1990. He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from [[McGill University]]. From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the [[Calgary Distinguished Writers Program]]<ref>[https://www.ucalgary.ca/cdwp/ The Calgary Distinguished Writers Program]</ref> at the [[University of Calgary]]. 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=www.ualberta.ca|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> | ||
Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury), 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|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. His personal essay about 1984 in India was published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as [https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jaspreet-singh/ 'Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi']. [https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/ ''November''], a collection of poems, appeared in 2017. | Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury), 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|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. His personal essay about 1984 in India was published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as [https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jaspreet-singh/ 'Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi']. [https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/ ''November''], a collection of poems, appeared in 2017. | ||
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* [https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/ NOVEMBER poems] | * [https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/ NOVEMBER poems] | ||
* [http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/a-huge-crime-against-humanity/article5335298.ece Interview with the Author in which he speaks about ''Helium''] | * [http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/a-huge-crime-against-humanity/article5335298.ece Interview with the Author in which he speaks about ''Helium''] | ||
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