Jaspreet Singh
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Jaspreet Singh is a Canadian writer.
He grew up in India and moved to Canada in 1990. Singh is the author of the novel Chef (2008 Vehicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury), and Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir, a collection of linked stories. He is a former research scientist who holds a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University. His play, Speak, Oppenheimer, written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including J. Robert Oppenheimer. He recently contributed an essay to the anthology AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India.
From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program [1] at the University of Calgary.
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- Author Blog
- Irish Times Review of Jaspreet Singh's novel, Chef
- BBC Interview with the author
- India Today Review of Chef
- Short Stories set in Kashmir
- Stephen Hunt. "Novelist Jaspreet Singh brings touch of Kashmir to writer-in-residence program." Calgary Herald. 20 August 2006
- Walrus magazine
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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