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'''Jaspreet Singh''' (born 1969) is a Canadian novelist, chemist,<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/a-huge-crime-against-humanity/article5335298.ece Interview with the Author in which he speaks about ''Helium'']</ref> and poet.<br />
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==Life and early career==<br />
He grew up in Punjab (India) and Indian-administered Kashmir and moved to Canada in 1990.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from [[McGill University]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the [[Calgary Distinguished Writers Program]] at the [[University of Calgary]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He served as the 2016–17 Writer-in-Residence at the [[University of Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ualberta.ca/english-film-studies/programs/writer-in-residence-program/previous-writers-in-residence|title=Previous Writers-in-Residence {{!}} Faculty of Arts|website=ualberta.ca|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury),<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0320/1224266675280.html Irish Times Review of Jaspreet Singh's Chef, the novel set in Kashmir]</ref> and ''[[Seventeen Tomatoes|Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir]]'', a collection of linked stories. Both books deal with the damaged landscapes of [[Kashmir]], especially [[Siachen Glacier]]. His play, ''Speak, Oppenheimer'', written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]. He contributed an essay to the anthology ''[[AIDS Sutra|AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India]]'' (2008). His second novel, ''Helium'', was published in 2013. It tells the story of a young chemistry student whose mentor was murdered in the course of the [[anti-Sikh riots]] in 1984.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/jaspreet-singhs-helium-is-a-tour-de-force/article14051786/ The Globe and Mail on Jaspreet Singh's Helium]</ref> His personal essay about 1984 in India was published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jaspreet-singh/|work=india.blogs.nytimes|title=Jaspreet Singh}}</ref> ''November'', a collection of poems, appeared in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://albertaviews.ca/november-poems/|work=albertaviews.ca|title=Poems – November|date=June 2018 }}</ref> More and more his work engages with deep time and the ecological crisis.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
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=== Poetry collections ===<br />
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* ''Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock'' (NeWest Press, 2024)<br />
* ''How to Hold a Pebble'' (NeWest Press, 2022)<br />
* ''November'' (Bayeux Arts, 2017)<br />
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=== Memoir ===<br />
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* ''My Mother, My Translator'' (Véhicule Press, 2021)<br />
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=== Novels ===<br />
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* ''Chef'' (Bloomsbury, 2010)<br />
* ''Helium'' (Bloomsbury, 2013)<br />
* ''Face'' (Brindle & Glass, 2022)<br />
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=== Short stories ===<br />
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* ''Seventeen Tomatoes: tales from Kashmir'' (Véhicule Press, 2004)<br />
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