Member Profile

Lakshmi Gill

Lakshmi Gill, of Punjabi/Spanish parentage, came to Canada in 1964 as a graduate student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (M.A., English). She had previously received her B.A. (English) from the U.S. She did doctoral work at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. She has taught at Notre Dame University of Nelson and Mt. Allison University (English Department), and the University of Victoria and UBC's English Language Institute (ESL). A world traveler, she has lived in Manila, San Francisco, Brighton, London, and Hong Kong. She and Dorothy Livesay were the first women members of the League of Canadian Poets in its inception in 1966. Since then, she has given poetry readings in North America and Asia. Prose and poems have been anthologized extensively. Currently, she lives in Vancouver.

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Publications

Returning the Empties. Toronto: TSAR, 1998.
The Third Infinitive. Toronto: TSAR, 1993.
Novena To St. Jude Thaddeus. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Press, 1979.
Mind Walls. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Press, 1970.
During Rain, I Plant Chrysanthemums. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1966.
First Clearing. Estaniel Press, Manila, 1972

Awards

First Prize in Poetry, Western Washington University, 1964
Chancellor's Prize in Education, B.Ed. Mt. Allison University, 1985
Canada Council grants, 1972,1994
Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve grant, 1994
Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
Yes

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