Topaz Winters

Topaz Winters (born September 25, 1999) is the pen name of Singaporean writer Priyanka Balasubramanian Aiyer.[1][2]

Topaz Winters
Born (1999-09-25) September 25, 1999
United States
OccupationWriter
NationalitySingaporean
Alma materPrinceton University
Period2013–present
GenrePoetry, essays
Website
topazwinters.com

Biography

Winters was born in the United States and has lived in Singapore since she was seven years old.[1] She attends Princeton University.[3] She writes on mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and hyperacusis, as well as her experiences of being a queer woman of color.

She is the author of three books, ''Heaven or This'' (2016), ''poems for the sound of the sky before thunder'' (2017)[4] and ''Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing'' (2019). She is the youngest author to be published by Math Paper Press and the youngest Singaporean nominee for the Pushcart Prize.[1]

She is the editor-in-chief at the publishing house and literary journal Half Mystic.[2] She also wrote and appeared in the 2017 short film SUPERNOVA (directed by Ishan Modi).[5]

Her peer-reviewed scholarly paper "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents" was published in the Journal of Homosexuality when she was 19 years old. She is the youngest author to be published in this journal.[6]

References
  1. hermesauto (2019-04-29). "The 'rebel girls' of Singapore poetry: Young, outspoken and pushing boundaries". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. "Topaz Winters: On Music, Tech And Writing". Lifestyle Guide. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. "Topaz Winters: On Music, Tech And Writing". Lifestyle Guide. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  4. "poems for the sound of the sky before thunder". BooksActually. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  5. TAN, MEGAN (2018-08-11). "A new chapter for SingLit". The Business Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  6. Aiyer, Priyanka (2020-01-28). "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". Journal of Homosexuality. 67 (2): 206–222. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 30407889.


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