
Place of birth
Trinidad and Tobago
Place of residence
United Kingdom
National identity
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Short biography
Anthony Vahni Capildeo FRSL is a Trinidadian Scottish writer of poetry and non-fiction. Capildeo's eight books and eight pamphlets include Like a Tree, Walking (Carcanet, November 2021) and The Dusty Angel (Oystercatcher, 2021). Their interests include plurilingualism, traditional masquerade, and multidisciplinary collaboration. They are Writer in Residence and Professor at the University of York, a Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and an Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford.
Capildeo has worked at the Oxford English Dictionary, the Commonwealth Foundation, in academia, and as a volunteer (Oxfam Head Office; Oxford Rape Crisis). In Britain, they feel connected to the North (Yorkshire; Scotland). Capildeo is a Contributing Advisor to Sheffield’s Blackbox Manifold. They enjoy reviewing, translation, prose writing, and interdisciplinary/multimedia collaborations.
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