Sheniz Janmohamed

Sheniz Janmohamed is a Canadian poet and arts educator based in Toronto, Ontario. Her work has been featured in several journals including Descant, Quill & Quire. In 2016, she obtained the Artist Educator Mentorship Certification from the Royal Conservatory, Toronto.

 Career 
Sheniz was born in North York and raised in Scarborough. Sheniz attended at the University of Toronto and completed BA Honours in English and Religion. She also graduated from the University of Guelph and obtained a Master's Of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in 2006. In 2010, her first book, Bleeding Light, a collection of ghazals, was published by Mawenzi House. She has performed and lectured at several notable events including TedXYouth Conference, Vancouver Writers Fest. In 2013, she was invited to read on stage with Javed Akhtar at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival. In 2015, Sheniz was granted the Lois Birkenshaw-Fleming Creative Teaching Scholarship.

 Publications 

 Bleeding Light, Mawenzi House - 2010
 Firesmoke, Mawenzi House - 2014

 Recognition 

 Lois Birkenshaw-Fleming Creative Teaching Scholarship, 2015
 Artist Educator Mentorship certification, 2016

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

 References 

 Other websites 


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