EMERGING VOICES: Tibetan Women Writers 2022.04.21
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 | 精品SM在线影片, Humanities 250
Introduction by Nicole Willock, author of Lineages of the Literary.
Readings by Tibetan writers Tsedron Kyi, Nyima Tso, & Min Nangzey.
About the Presenters:
Tsedronkyi (嘟氞胶嗉嬥溅嗑掄静嘟监綋嗉嬥溅嗑愢颈嘟侧綉) is a short story writer from Chapcha, Amdo and teacher of Tibetan language and literature. She has published two books of collected short stories, A Melancholy Drama (嘟︵緪嗑编郊嗉嬥溅嗑｀絼嗉嬥絺嘟侧紜嘟熰境嘟监溅嗉嬥絺嘟⑧紞 2005) and Clinging (嘟炧胶嘟撪紞嗉 2016).
Nyima Tso (嘟夃讲嗉嬥綐嗉嬥綘嘟氞郊嗉) 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 (嘟樴讲嗉嬥綒嘟亨紜嘟犩綉嘟侧綘嘟侧紜嘟犩絺嗑侧酱嘟｀紜嘟栢綖嘟脆綉嗉嬥綈嘟亨絼嘟︵紜嘟戉絼嗉嬥綌嘟监紞 2003) and A Fragment (嘟熰酱嘟⑧紜嘟炧讲嘟 Zhur zhig 2007).
Min-Nangzey (嘟︵鲸嘟侧綋嗉嬥溅嗑｀絼嗉嬥綐嘟涏胶嘟︵紞) is an emerging poet and essayist from Golok, who currently lives in Dharamshala. She has published two books of collected poems and lyrics respectively: Princess of the Snow Mountain (嘟傕絼嘟︵紜嘟⑧讲嘟犩讲嗉嬥溅嗑侧溅嗉嬥綐嘟监紞 2006) and Songs of Emotions (嘟氞郊嘟⑧紜嘟栢綘嘟侧紜嘟傕境嘟 2015).
Nicole Willock is Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. Her book, Lineages of the Literary: Tibetan Buddhist Polymaths of Socialist China was published last year.
This event is hosted by the Tibet Himalaya Initiative at 精品SM在线影片 in conjunction with the UVA Tibet Center and JLF Colorado.