Jaspreet Singh

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Jaspreet Singh (born 1969) is a Canadian writer and chemist.[1]

Life and early career

He grew up in Punjab, a state of India and moved to Canada in 1990.[citation needed] He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University.[citation needed] From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary.[citation needed] 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),

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]

His newest novel, Face, is slated for publication in 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ Interview with the Author in which he speaks about Helium
  2. ^ "Previous Writers-in-Residence | Faculty of Arts". www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. ^ Irish Times Review of Jaspreet Singh's Chef, the novel set in Kashmir
  4. ^ The Globe and Mail on Jaspreet Singh's Helium
  5. ^ "Jaspreet Singh". india.blogs.nytimes.
  6. ^ "Poems - November". albertaviews.ca. June 2018.
  7. CBC Books
    , January 11, 2022.


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