In conversation with Vivimarie Vanderpoorten

4 Jan, 2009 Colombo, Poetry
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An interview with Vivimarie Vanderpoorten, the Winner of the Gratiaen Prize in 2007. Vivimarie is also a Senior Lecturer in English, Dept of Language Studies, Open University of Sri Lanka. The interview covers, in addition to her poetry, identity, culture and creative writing in Sri Lanka.

For a taste of her poetry, read The Day After Tomorrow. Groundviews has also published the poetry of Vivimarie’s sister, Yichaelle Devendra.

Vivimarie will also be part of the Galle Literary Festival 2009.

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