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First Name | Lausanne |
Last Name | Yamolky |
Member Since | July 29, 2017 |
lausanneyamolky@gmail.com | |
City | Vancouver |
State | BC |
Country | Canada |
Pen Name | Lozan Yamolky |
Branch Affiliation | Metro Vancouver (includes Victoria) |
Website | www.lozanyamolky.com |
@Lozan72 | |
@Lozan1972 | |
Bio | Poet Profile Lozan Yamolky is a Canadian citizen who migrated from Kurdistan —Present day Northern Iraq, in 1995 after spending a few months as an asylum seeker in Turkey. Born in Baghdad in 1972, Lozan is the fifth of eleven children; three boys and seven girls –one brother passed away in infancy. Lozan is the author of I’m No Hero (Silver Bow Publishing 2016) and Counting Waves (Silver Bow Publishing 2017). She is dedicating this third poetry book to her teenage boys, Trey, 15 and Wyatt, 13. Lozan started reciting her poems for the first time in 2013 at The Holy Wow Poets Canada in Maple Ridge. She is a member of the Canadian Authors Association and presently the secretary of the Royal City Literary Arts Society. She works as a freelance interpreter. In 2017, Lozan was commissioned to write a poem about the refugee experience to DaCapo Chamber Choir in Toronto. The event will feature her poem “I am here” in spring 2019. Lozan was the recipient of a 2018 Distinguished Poet Award from WIN– Writers International Network Canada and was 3rd place winner at the 2018 Tagore Festival (Peace Poems) contest. Since first sharing her poetry in 2013, she has featured in numerous poetry events throughout the Greater Vancouver area. Her poems have been published in The Royal City Poets Anthologies (Silver Bow Publishing), The Royal City Literary Arts Society online magazine, Wordplay at Work, Creative Quills Ink Verse (North Vancouver), the 2018 Holy Wow Poets Anthology and one of her non-fiction Short Stories published in Celebrate Canada 150 and Culture Days From Far and Wide in 2017. McNally Robinson will be publishing her 3rd book of poems that is due to be release before the end of the year 2018. Here are two book reviews for the two books by: Ava Homa Counting Waves: http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/interview/693b8001-4294-47c9-b7e7-f479f661beb8 I’m No Hero: http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/c092324a-7641-42e4-bcd2-30e207a45886 |
Publications | I'm No Hero (Poetry book) 2016 Counting Waves (Poetry book) 2017 |
Other Memberships | Royal City Literary Art Society (Member and secretary) Holy Wow Poets Canada (member & host sometimes ) Federation of BC Writers (member) |
Awards | 3rd Prize winner 2017 Tagore Festival poem contest 3x winner at Vancouver Story Slam (reading Short Stories) 2018 Distinguished Poet Award medal by WIN (Writers International Network) Canada |
Genres | Autobiography, Biography & Memoir, Freelance, History, Humour & Entertainment, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories |
Available For | Readings, Presentations, Workshops, Book Club Meetings, Speaking Engagements |
Services Offered | Storytelling, Translation |