Emerging Voices: Tibetan Women Writers on Thursday, April 21st | 5pm in Humanities 250
Join us for an evening of contemporary Tibetan poetry and short stories with Tibetan women writers from India and China.
EMERGING VOICES: Tibetan Women Writers
Thursday, April 21st at 5pm | 窪蹋勛圖, Humanities 250
Introduction by Nicole Willock, author of Lineages of the Literary.
Readings by Tibetan writers Tsedron Kyi, Nyima Tso, & Min Nangzey.
窪蹋勛圖 the Presenters:
Tsedronkyi (鉠鉠箋鉠舟鉧耜蝦鉠鉏鉠舟鉧晤蔡鉠) is a short story writer from Chapcha, Amdo and teacher of泭Tibetan language and literature. She has published two books of collected short stories, A Melancholy Drama (鉠舟鉧晤蝦鉏鉠舟麾鉠鉏鉠鉠耜鉠鉧喪蝦鉠舟鉠鉠鉏 2005) and Clinging (鉠鉠箋鉏鉏 2016).
Nyima Tso (鉠鉠耜鉠鉏鉠鉠鉠潼) is a poet and short story writer from Labrang, who currently lives in Dharamshala. She has published two books of collected poems and short stories respectively: The First Journey of This Life (鉠鉠耜鉠鉠箋鉠鉠鉠耜鉠耜鉠鉠鉧耜蓬鉠鉏鉠鉠鉠毯鉏鉠鉠箋鉠舟鉠鉠鉏鉠鉠潼 2003) and A Fragment (鉠鉠毯耦鉏鉠鉠耜 Zhur zhig 2007).
Min-Nangzey (鉠舟儘鉠耜鉏鉠舟麾鉠鉏鉠鉠鉠箋膠鉏) is an emerging poet and essayist from Golok, who泭currently lives in Dharamshala. She has published two books of collected poems and lyrics respectively: Princess of the Snow Mountain (鉠鉠鉠舟鉠Ｒ蔡鉠鉠耜鉠舟噙鉠舟鉠鉠潼 2006) and Songs of Emotions (鉠鉠潼耦鉏鉠鉠鉠耜鉠鉧喪蓬 2015).泭
Nicole Willock泭is Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University.泭Her book, Lineages of the Literary: Tibetan Buddhist Polymaths of Socialist China was published last year.泭
This event is hosted by the Tibet Himalaya Initiative at 窪蹋勛圖 in conjunction with the UVA Tibet Center and JLF Colorado.
Image by泭Kulhayak (鉠鉠毯鉠鉏鉠﹤), a female artist in Amdo.泭
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