Proma Tagore

{{short description|Canadian poet and editor}}

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| birth_place = Kolkata, India

| occupation = poet, editor

| period = 2000s-present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = language is not the only thing that breaks

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Proma Tagore is a Canadian poet, editor, and literary critic whose work explores themes of migration, identity, decolonization, and social justice. In 2014, she received an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers, recognizing her contributions to queer and anti-racist literature.{{cite news | url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/06/24/tamai-kobayashi-wins-2014-dayne-ogilvie-prize-for-lgbt-emerging-writers/ | title=Tamai Kobayashi wins 2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers | work=Quill & Quire | date=24 June 2014 | first=Julie | last=Baldassi | accessdate=27 September 2018 }}

Born in Kolkata, India, Tagore emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of four.[http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/Dayne-Ogilvie-Grant/2013/Proma_Tagore.aspx "2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers Honour of Distinction: Proma Tagore"]. Writers' Trust of Canada. She resides in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.

She has published a poetry collection, language is not the only thing that breaks, and a non-fiction work of literary analysis, The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony. She was also editor of In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation, an anthology of essays by students and educators on the subject of racial discrimination and decolonization.