Topaz Winters
Topaz Winters | |
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| Born | September 25, 1999 United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Period | 2013–present |
| Genre | Poetry, essays |
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Topaz Winters (born September 25, 1999) is the pen name of Singaporean writer Priyanka Balasubramanian Aiyer.[1][2]
Biography
Winters was born in the United States and has lived in Singapore since she was seven years old.[1] She attends Princeton University, where she has studied poetry and fiction under Danez Smith, Monica Youn, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, and Joyce Carol Oates.[3] She writes on mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and hyperacusis, as well as her experiences of being a queer and disabled woman of color and an immigrant.[4]
She is the author of the chapbook "Heaven or This" (2016) and the full-length poetry collections "poems for the sound of the sky before thunder" (2017)[5] and "Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing" (2019).[3] Her third poetry collection "So, Stranger" was released with Button Poetry in 2022.[6] She is the youngest author to be published by Math Paper Press, the youngest Singaporean nominee for the Pushcart Prize,[1] and the youngest visiting author at several MFA programs across the United States.[7]
She is the editor-in-chief at the publishing house and literary journal Half Mystic.[2] She also wrote and appeared in the 2017 short film SUPERNOVA (directed by Ishan Modi).[8] With Crispin Rodrigues, she is the co-curator of the 2020 Singapore Writers Festival digital installation Letters From Home to Home.[9]
Her peer-reviewed scholarly paper "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents" was published in the Journal of Homosexuality when she was 19 years old. She is the youngest author to be published in this journal.[10]
References
- ^ a b c hermesauto (2019-04-29). "The 'rebel girls' of Singapore poetry: Young, outspoken and pushing boundaries". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ a b "Topaz Winters: On Music, Tech And Writing". Lifestyle Guide. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ a b "Topaz Winters, student and artist, makes meaning out of suffering". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "'Worthy of taking up space': Jennifer Lee '23 founds nonprofit to support Asian Americans with disabilities". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "poems for the sound of the sky before thunder". BooksActually. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "So, Stranger (Button Poetry)". Button Poetry. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ Parker, Annamarie. "Visiting poet Topaz Winters reflects on her writing journey". The North Wind. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ TAN, MEGAN (2018-08-11). "A new chapter for SingLit". The Business Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "Singapore Writers Festival - Letters from Home to Home". Singapore Writers Festival. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Aiyer, Priyanka (2020-01-28). "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". Journal of Homosexuality. 67 (2): 206–222. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 30407889.
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