Tsering Yangzom Lama

{{Short description|Tibetan novelist}}

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Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies was published in 2022.{{Cite news |author=Chemi Lhamo |date=July 13, 2022 |title=Tibetan author Tsering Yangzom Lama opens up about immigrating to Canada |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-tsering-yangzom-lama-book/}} She was born and raised in a Tibetan refugee community in Nepal before immigrating to Canada and then the United States.{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Review {{!}} A Tibetan refugee's life in Toronto: Tsering Yangzom Lama's debut novel a 'strange and compelling' tale |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2022/05/25/a-tibetan-refugees-life-in-toronto-tsering-yangzom-lamas-debut-novel-a-strange-and-compelling-tale.html |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}

Lama received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia , and an MFA in writing from Columbia University.{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement |url=https://lithub.com/tsering-yangzom-lama-on-cultural-appreciation-versus-cultural-engagement/ |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}} She has been a resident at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center.{{Cite news |author=Eva Zhu |date=June 6, 2022 |title=Tsering Yangzom Lama examines the cost of exile in debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies |work=CBC Books |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/tsering-yangzom-lama-examines-the-cost-of-exile-in-debut-novel-we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bodies-1.6474078}} She was a 2018 Tin House Scholar.

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, inspired in part by Lama's own experiences, tells the story of a Tibetan family's journey into exile over the course of 50 years and three generations.David Chau, [https://quillandquire.com/authors/the-realities-of-exile-for-ordinary-tibetans-ground-tsering-yangzom-lamas-debut-novel/ "The realities of exile for ordinary Tibetans ground Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel"]. Quill & Quire, May 18, 2022. The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize,Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/09/27/rawi-hage-suzette-mayr-among-five-finalists-for-the-2022-giller-prize-worth-100000.html "Rawi Hage, Suzette Mayr among five finalists for the 2022 Giller Prize worth $100,000"]. Toronto Star, September 27, 2022. and longlisted for both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2023/03/08/5-canadians-nominated-for-first-carol-shields-prize-for-fiction-for-women-and-non-binary-writers-worth-150000-us.html "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)"]. Toronto Star, March 8. 2023. The novel was awarded the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award for Fiction.GLCA Announces 2023 Winners of the New Writers Award, https://www.glca.org/glca-announces-2023-winners-of-the-new-writers-award/