Bardia Sinaee

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Bardia Sinaee is an Iranian Canadian poet and editor, [1] whose debut collection Intruder was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for English Poetry in 2022. [2]

Born in Tehran, Iran, Sinaee moved to Canada with his family in childhood and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. [3] In 2012, he won the Readers' Choice Award in the inaugural Walrus Poetry Prize from The Walrus . [4] In 2020, he was the co-winner of the Robin Blaser Poetry Award from TheCapilano Review. [5]

Intruder was themed around human sprawl, economic precarity, and disease intruding into the human body, inspired partially by Sinaee's own battle with cancer in his 20s and partially by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. [1] [6] In addition to the Trillium Book Award, it was shortlisted for the 2022 Gerald Lampert Award. [7]

An MFA graduate of the University of Guelph, he previously published the chapbooks Blue Night Express and Salamander Festival. [8] He has served as an editor at Arc Poetry Magazine , Humber Literary Review and the Literary Review of Canada . [9] [10] In 2023, he was the guest editor of Best Canadian Poetry 2024. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shazia Hafiz Ramji, "Bardia Sinaee’s poetry finds intruders – like cancer and COVID – constantly encroaching". Quill & Quire , April 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Toronto writer Ann Shin wins $20,000 Trillium Prize for North Korean novel ‘The Last Exiles’". Toronto Star , June 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "55 Canadian poetry collections to check out in spring 2021". CBC Books, March 31, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Walrus magazine announces winners of its inaugural poetry contest". The Toronto Star. 2012-10-19. ISSN   0319-0781 . Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  5. ↑ "Announcing the 9th annual Robin Blaser Poetry Contest Winners • The Capilano Review". The Capilano Review. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  6. ↑ "Intruder". House of Anansi Press. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  7. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire , April 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Read Two Poems from Bardia Sinaee's Anticipated & Powerful Debut Collection, Intruder". Open Book, March 17, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Masthead". The Humber Literary Review. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  10. ↑ "Bardia Sinaee". CNQ. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  11. ↑ "Sinaee, Bardia Archives". Biblioasis. Retrieved 2023-11-09.


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