Tsering Yangzom Lama

Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies was published in 2022.[1]

Tsering Yangzom Lama

She was born and raised in a Tibetan refugee community in Nepal before immigrating to Canada and then the United States.[2]

Lama received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia , and an MFA in writing from Columbia University.[3] She has been a resident at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center.[4] She was a 2018 Tin House Scholar.

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, inspired in part by her own experiences, tells the story of two Tibetan refugee sisters who settle in Canada.[5] The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize,[6] and longlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.[7]

References
  1. Chemi Lhamo (July 13, 2022). "Tibetan author Tsering Yangzom Lama opens up about immigrating to Canada". The Globe and Mail.
  2. "Review | A Tibetan refugee's life in Toronto: Tsering Yangzom Lama's debut novel a 'strange and compelling' tale". Toronto Star. May 25, 2022.
  3. "Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement". Literary Hub. July 5, 2022.
  4. Eva Zhu (June 6, 2022). "Tsering Yangzom Lama examines the cost of exile in debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies". CBC Books.
  5. David Chau, "The realities of exile for ordinary Tibetans ground Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel". Quill & Quire, May 18, 2022.
  6. Deborah Dundas, "Rawi Hage, Suzette Mayr among five finalists for the 2022 Giller Prize worth $100,000". Toronto Star, September 27, 2022.
  7. Deborah Dundas, "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star, March 8. 2023.


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