Rupi Kaur

Canadian poet · Canada · Writers · Born 1992 · age 34

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Rupi Kaur is an Indian-Canadian poet, illustrator, photographer, and author. Born in Punjab, India, Kaur immigrated to Canada at a young age with her family. She began performing poetry in 2009 and rose to fame on Instagram, eventually becoming a popular poet through her three collections of poetry.

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2017“…For a long time, it debilitated me a lot. Nothing that I wrote was good enough. I’d start writing then be like, “Nope.”In their wordsOn the pressure that she felt writing a second book in “Instagram sensation Rupi Kaur doesn't have social media on her phone” in EW (2017Read the whole statement

“People aren’t used to poetry that’s so easy and simple.”In their wordsOn her work in “The young ‘Instapoet’ Rupi Kaur: from social media star to bestselling writer” in The Guardian (2017 May 27)Read the whole statement

BBC 100 WomenAward1992Born4 October 1992

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Kaur reading an excerpt from Milk and Honey

The Rose Theatre, where Kaur regularly performs her poetry[10]

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Rupi Kaur

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…For a long time, it debilitated me a lot. Nothing that I wrote was good enough. I’d start writing then be like, “Nope.
2017, On the pressure that she felt writing a second book in “Instagram sensation Rupi Kaur doesn't have social media on her phone” in EW (2017, Own words
People aren’t used to poetry that’s so easy and simple.
2017, On her work in “The young ‘Instapoet’ Rupi Kaur: from social media star to bestselling writer” in The Guardian (2017 May 27), Own words
I used to submit to anthologies and magazines when I was a student - but I knew I was never going to be picked up.
On how she felt that her poetic topics were unconventional when compared to other poetry submissions in “The young ‘Instapoet’ Rupi Kaur:, Own words