The Poetry Project

People

Kama La Mackerel

Kama La Mackerel stands outside in a floral shirt. Trees with fuschia leaves are out of focus in the background. They have one hand on the back of their head, and the other on their cheek.
© Noire Mouliom

Kama La Mackerel is an award-winning Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, educator, writer, curator and literary translator. They are the author ZOM-FAM which was named a CBC Best Poetry Book, a Globe and Mail Best Debut, and was a finalist for the QWF Concordia University First Book Award and the Writers‘ Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize. World Literature Today called ZOM-FAM “a milestone in Mauritian literature.” They are presenting their new multimedia installation and performance QUEERING THE IS/LAND BODY at the 17th edition of MOMENTA, Biennale de l’image in Fall 2021.

Kama La Mackerel es une galardonade artista multidisciplinarie mauriciana-canadiense, educadora, escritora, comisaria y traductora literaria. Es le autore de ZOM-FAM, que fue nombrado mejor libro de poesía de la CBC, mejor debut de Globe and Mail y fue finalista del QWF Concordia University First Book Award y del Writers‘ Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize. World Literature Today calificó a ZOM-FAM como un “hito en la literatura mauriciana”. Presentará su nueva instalación multimedia y performance QUEERING THE IS/LAND BODY en la 17ª edición de MOMENTA, Biennale de l'image en otoño de 2021.