Proma Tagore

Proma Tagore
Born Kolkata, India
Occupation poet, editor
Nationality Canadian
Period 2000s-present
Notable works language is not the only thing that breaks

Proma Tagore is a Canadian poet and editor, who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.

Born in Kolkata, India, Tagore emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of four. She resides in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.

She has published a poetry collection, language is not the only thing that breaks, and a non-fiction work of literary analysis, The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony. She was also editor of In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation, an anthology of essays by students and educators on the subject of racial discrimination and decolonization.

Works

  • In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation (Larkuma Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9733821-2-0)
  • The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780773534551)
  • language is not the only thing that breaks (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011. ISBN 9781551523996)