Priscila Uppal

Priscila Uppal (October 30, 1974 – September 5, 2018) was a Canadian poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright.

Priscila Uppal
Born(1974-10-30)October 30, 1974
Ottawa, Ontario
DiedSeptember 5, 2018(2018-09-05) (aged 43)
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationPoet, Novelist, Playwright, Professor
Academic background
Alma materYork University (BA. Hons) (Ph.D)
University of Toronto (MA)
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish studies
InstitutionsYork University
Notable worksOntological Necessities

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 (BA Hons.) in 1997 and her Ph.D in 2004 at York University as well as a Master's degree (MA) in English from the University of Toronto.[1]

Uppal was a professor in the Department of English at York University in Toronto and taught literature and creative writing.[2]

In 2007, her book of poetry Ontological Necessities was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize.[3] Uppal's poetry collection Pretending to Die (2001) was shortlisted for the ReLit Award,[4] 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]

Bibliography

Poetry

  • How to Draw Blood From a Stone. Exile Editions, Ltd. 1998. ISBN 978-1-55096-230-7.
  • Confessions of a Fertility Expert. Exile Editions, Ltd. 1999. ISBN 978-1-55096-550-6.
  • Pretending to Die. Exile Editions, Ltd. 2001. ISBN 978-1-55096-519-3. priscila uppal.
  • Live Coverage. Exile Editions, Ltd. 2003. ISBN 978-1-55096-571-1. priscila uppal.
  • Cover Before Striking, Lyricalmyrical Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-9736588-4-2
  • Holocaust Dream, MacLaren Arts Centre, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9693555-9-5 (photographs by Daniel Ehrenworth)
  • Ontological Necessities. Exile Editions, Ltd. 2006. ISBN 978-1-55096-045-7. (shortlisted for the 2007 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
  • Traumatology, Exile Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-1-55096-139-3
  • Winter Sport: Poems, Mansfield Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-894469-49-4
  • Successful Tragedies, Bloodaxe Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-85224-860-4

Fiction

Non-fiction

Anthologies – as editor

  • The Exile Book of Canadian Sports Stories, Exile Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-1-55096-125-6
  • The Exile Book of Poetry in Translation: Twenty Canadian Poets Take on the World, Exile Editions, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55096-122-5
  • Barry Callaghan: Essays on his Works, Guernica, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55071-253-7
  • 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, ISBN 978-1-894469-16-6 (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 [10]

References
  1. "Priscila Uppal | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies". profiles.laps.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Griffin Poetry Prize biography
  4. Charlene Davis, Andrew Mcintosh. (September 7, 2018). "Priscila Uppal". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  5. "Naomi Klein wins Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize". Quill and Quire. October 15, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  6. "Priscila Uppal | Asian Heritage in Canada". Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  7. "Poet Priscila Uppal dies at 43 — 'a genuine spirit is gone' | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  8. "Prof. Priscila Uppal elected as Fellow to Royal Society of Canada". York University. September 9, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  9. "Priscila Uppal, Canadian poet, dead at 43". CBC Books. September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  10. "What Linda Said". Summerworks Performance Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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