Soraya Peerbaye Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. "Pulled punches". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2001.
  2. http://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/peerbaye/ "Soraya Peerbaye"
  3. http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/04/2016-griffin-poetry-prize-shortlist-announced.html "2016 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist announced"