Vivimarie vanderpoorten biography of albert

Sri Lankan poet

Vivimarie VanderPoorten is a Sri Lankan poet. Her book Nothing Prepares You won the Gratiaen Prize.^[1] She was also awarded the SAARC Poetry Award in Delhi.^[2]

Early life and education

Born in Kandy, Sri Lanka of Belgian and Sinhala ancestry, Vanderpoorten grew up in Kurunegala.

She holds a BA from the University of Kelaniya and an MA and PhD from the University of Ulster, UK.

Career

VanderPoorten is currently a senior lecturer in English language, literature, and linguistics at the Open University of Sri Lanka.^[3]

Vanderpoorten's first book, Nothing Prepares You, was published in by Zeus Publishers.^[4] Her second collection of poems, Stitch Your Eyelids Shut () addresses issues that include feminism and the aftermath of Sri Lanka's Civil War.^[4] Her third collection of poems "Borrowed Dust" was published by Sarasavi, Colombo in Vivimarie made an appearance at the Galle Li