{"id":422,"date":"2012-06-15T19:34:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/lakshmi-gill\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T17:24:20","slug":"gill_lakshmi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/gill_lakshmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakshmi Gill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Myrna Lakshmi Gill, of Punjabi and Spanish parentage, was born in Manila, Philippines. Her father was born in India and her mother in the Philippines. Gill studied in the United States and came to Canada in 1964 to pursue graduate studies (M.A.) at the University of British Columbia. Later, she began but did not complete a Ph.D. at the University of New Brunswick. She resides in Vancouver. Her early poetry was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Third Infinitive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: TSAR, 1993.
PS8563 .I498 T45 1993<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Manila in the 1950s — the War is over, memories of the Japanese occupation are fresh; America entices, Elvis is King, and James Dean a sweet daydream; but the nuns at the Maryknoll Catholic school lay down the discipline. This is the world of Jazz, Sis One and Sis Two, three daughters of a man who is a former Indian nationalist and his Filipina wife. \u2026 As the three girls come of age, and their innocent privileged world transforms, the conflicts of ethnic, national, and personal identity come to the fore, and they choose their separate ways, all intimately related to the Catholic ethos of service, charity, knowledge and love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During Rain, I Plant Chrysanthemums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1966.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First Clearing: An Immigrant’s Tour of Life : Poems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Manila, Philippines: Estaniel Press, 1972.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mind-walls: Poems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fredericton, N.B.: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited editon of 500 copies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Novena to St. Jude Thaddeus: Poems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fredericton, N.B.: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rape of the Spirit: Poems of Myrna Gill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Manila, Philippines: M. Colcol, 1962.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Returning the Empties: Selected Poems, 1960s-1990s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: TSAR, 1998.
PS8563 .I1498 R47 1998<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anthology (Poetry)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New Wave Canada: The New Explosion in Canadian Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Souster, Raymond, ed.
Toronto: Contact Press, 1966.
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Selected Criticism and Interpretation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chilana, Rajwant Singh. “Lakshmi Gill.” In South Asian Writers in Canada: A Bio-Bibliographical Study<\/em>. Surrey, BC: Asian Publications, 2017, 217.
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Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lakshmi Gill<\/a> page from the Writers Union of Canada website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Mawenzi House<\/a>, formerly TSAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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