Tsering Yangzom Lama Explained

Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies was published in 2022.[1]

She was born and raised in a Tibetan refugee community in Nepal before immigrating to Canada and then the United States.[2]

Lama received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia, and an MFA in writing from Columbia University.[3] She has been a resident at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center.[4] She was a 2018 Tin House Scholar.

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, inspired in part by her own experiences, tells the story of a Tibetan family's journey into exile over the course of 50 years and three generations.[5] The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize,[6] and longlisted for both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.[7] The novel was awarded the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award for Fiction.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chemi Lhamo . July 13, 2022 . Tibetan author Tsering Yangzom Lama opens up about immigrating to Canada . en-CA . .
  2. Web site: May 25, 2022 . Review A Tibetan refugee's life in Toronto: Tsering Yangzom Lama's debut novel a 'strange and compelling' tale . . en.
  3. Web site: July 5, 2022 . Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement . . en-US.
  4. News: Eva Zhu . June 6, 2022 . Tsering Yangzom Lama examines the cost of exile in debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies . .
  5. David Chau, "The realities of exile for ordinary Tibetans ground Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel". Quill & Quire, May 18, 2022.
  6. Deborah Dundas, "Rawi Hage, Suzette Mayr among five finalists for the 2022 Giller Prize worth $100,000". Toronto Star, September 27, 2022.
  7. Deborah Dundas, "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star, March 8. 2023.
  8. GLCA Announces 2023 Winners of the New Writers Award, https://www.glca.org/glca-announces-2023-winners-of-the-new-writers-award/

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