{"id":430,"date":"2012-06-15T19:34:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/nila-gupta\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T17:13:55","slug":"gupta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/gupta\/","title":{"rendered":"Nila Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nila Gupta was born in Montreal, lived briefly in India as a child, before returning to Canada in 1967. Gupta completed a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph-Humber. A writer of poetry, drama and short fiction, Gupta is also an instructor at George Brown College in Toronto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Fiction (Short stories)<\/h3>\n

The Sherpa and Other Fictions<\/h3>\n

Toronto: Sumach Press, 2008.<\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (from its website)<\/h4>\n

In this riveting new collection, author Nila Gupta reveals intersections of contemporary Canadian and Indian cultures with raw authenticity. A young Canadian travels to India to explore her roots and find the woman who loved her like a daughter; a doctor struggles against military corruption as he investigates a soldier’s suspicious injuries in Kashmir; a gay man returns to the India of his childhood in search of redemption for his betrayal of his first love. Readers take a rickety tin bus up the side of a mountain, taste the sweetness of ras gullas, experience the tension between a young Canadian-raised woman and her father and sink into the scented jostle of the ladies compartment on an Indian train.<\/p>\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n

2009 Commonwealth Book Prize (Shortlisted)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Selected Criticism and Interpretation<\/h3>\n

Chilana, Rajwant Singh. “Nila Gupta.” In South Asian Writers in Canada: A Bio-Bibliographical Study<\/em>. Surrey, BC: Asian Publications, 2017, 235.
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