Chris Tse (Canadian poet)
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| Birth name | Christopher Samuel Tse |
| Born | 19 June 1989 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and writer |
Chris Tse (born 19 June 1989) (Chinese name: 謝聖文) is a Canadian spoken-word poet, educator, and author of Chinese descent.[1] As a spoken word poet, he placed second at the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam, and has shared the stage with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Shane Koyczan, and Mustafa the Poet. Tse's book A Song for the Paper Children, published in 2024, was written to commemorate the centenary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and was performed in the Senate of Canada on June 23, 2023. He is a sessional lecturer at the University of Victoria and Simmons University.[2]
Born in Vancouver and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Tse attended Carleton University in Ottawa where he received his bachelor's degree in journalism.[3] He began performing spoken-word in his second year of his undergraduate studies.[4] In 2009, he won the Vancouver poetry slam with his poem I'm Sorry I'm a Christian, and in the following year he won the Capital Slam championship in Ottawa. He went on to captain the Capital Slam team to victory in the national championship.[5] Since then, he has performed across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Ghana in various slams as a featured poet. He has given performances twice with TED and has also made an appearance at SPEAKout.[6][7] In 2011 Tse represented Canada at the Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris and won second place.[8]
Besides spoken word, Tse has worked in Ghana as a human rights reporter with Journalists for Human Rights.[9] He toured with the Kenyan Boys Choir as a former speaker for Me to We, before definitively resigning in 2016.[10][11]
Notable poems
[edit]- A Song for the Paper Children
- History of Silence [12]
- Why I Never Wrote a Poem About My Mother
- Jobs
- I'm Sorry I'm a Christian
- Wake Up
- Sine Metu (for Jameson Whiskey)[13]
- Eyes Open [14]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Plumbleaf Press – Christopher Tse". Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "University of Victoria - Human and Social Development, School of Social Work - Faculty & staff - Sessional instructors - University of Victoria".
- ^ "Chris Tse « TEDxKids@TheHill". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "FROM THE PRINT EDITION: A Q&A with slam poetry champion Chris Tse". 12 October 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Grand slam poetry - Faculty of Public Affairs". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
- ^ /"Chris Tse". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ "Chris Tse features at the TiP Season Opening Poetry Slam |". Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ "SCYLC 2012 - Speakers". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ "Me to We – Chris Tse". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "We Day: Spoken word champion aims to effect change on global scale". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05.
- ^ "Model Minority - A History of Silence by Chris Tse". YouTube. May 2021.
- ^ "Jameson Irish Whiskey".
- ^ ""Eyes Open" PSA".