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Poet and novelist Priscila Uppal was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1974 to a Brazilian mother and a father of South Asian origin.

  • Poet and novelist Priscila Uppal was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1974 to a Brazilian mother and a father of South Asian origin.
  • Priscila Uppal's teaching and research interests include English Poetry, European Poetry, Canadian Literature, World Literature, reading culture and.
  • “Don Quixote is this old man near the end of his life, a bachelor and likely a virgin, who has read so many romances of knighthood and epic.
  • Poet, novelist and playwright Priscila Uppal has died after a long battle with synovial sarcoma, a rare disease she once called “the Kick in Your Face Cancer.”.
  • Priscila was born in Ottawa in 1974 to an Indian father and Brazilian mother.

    • “Don Quixote is this old man near the end of his life, a bachelor and likely a virgin, who has read so many romances of knighthood and epic..

    Priscila Uppal

    Canadian poet, novelist, and writer (1974–2018)

    Priscila Uppal FRSC (October 30, 1974 – September 5, 2018)[1] was a Canadianpoet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright.[1] Her poetry addressed various social issues regarding "women, violence, sexuality, culture, religion, illness and loss."[1]

    Personal life and career

    Uppal was born in Ottawa, Ontario, she graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1993.

    She earned her Honours Bachelor of Arts from York University in 1997, a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from York University in 2004.[2] Following graduation, she was a professor in the Department of English at York University in Toronto and taught literature and creative writing.[3]

    In 2007, her book of poetry Ontological Necessities was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize.[4] Uppal's poetry collection Pretending to Die (2001) was shortlisted f