Editing Jaspreet Singh

{{AAType
|Image=Jaspreet_Singh.JPG
|Type=Person
|Arts=Arts, Literature
|import ref=ImportFromWikipedia
}}
'''Jaspreet Singh''' (born 1969) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian Canadian] writer.

He grew up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] and moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canada] in 1990. Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Vehicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury), and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Tomatoes Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir]'', a collection of linked stories. Both books deal with the damaged landscapes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir Kashmir], especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_Glacier Siachen Glacier]. He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_University McGill University]. His play, ''Speak, Oppenheimer'', written for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal Montreal's] Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer]. He recently contributed an essay to the anthology ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_Sutra AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India]''.

From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markin-Flanagan_Distinguished_Writers_Program Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program] <ref>[http://www.ucalgary.ca/markinflanagan/ The University of Calgary's Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme]</ref> at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Calgary University of Calgary].

{{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaspreet_Singh}}