Nalo Hopkinson

Elizabeth Boyle (University of Hull)

Ed. by Karis Shearer, University of British Columbia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 20 Jan 1960
Activity 1985-ongoing

Places

Born in Jamaica
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

Black Canadian

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Resources

Hopkinson's Works

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In the first decade of the new millennium, Nalo Hopkinson has risen quickly to prominence as one of the leading black writers of speculative fiction, following in the pioneering footsteps of African American science fiction writers Samuel R. Delany and Octavia Butler. Like theirs, Hopkinson’s writing is intensely political, focusing on themes of feminism, race, class and queer identity within a genre that has been traditionally hostile to or simply ignorant of people of colour. Uniquely, however, Hopkinson’s writing blends science fiction with a strong sense of the Caribbean history and culture that shaped her own childhood and the distinctive Creole dialects in which most of her characters speak. Living in Toronto, Canada, and working as both writer and educator, Hopkinson has, to…

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Citation: Boyle, Elizabeth. "Nalo Hopkinson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 December 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12198, accessed 31 October 2024.]