Soraya Peerbaye

Canadian writer
Peerbaye at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016

Soraya Peerbaye is a Canadian writer.[1] She was a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2010 for her poetry collection Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names,[2] and for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2016 for Tell: poems for a girlhood.[3]

She was born in London, Ontario to Indo-Mauritian immigrant parents from Mauritius.[2] She was educated at York University and the University of Guelph, and is currently based in Toronto.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pulled punches". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2001.
  2. ^ a b c "Soraya Peerbaye". Asian Heritage in Canada (Ryerson University Library and Archives).
  3. ^ "2016 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist announced". CBC Books, April 11, 2016.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about a Canadian playwright is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e