Divya Victor

Divya Victor is a Tamil American poet and professor, known for her poetry book Curb which won the PEN Open Book Award. Divya Victor was born in Nagercoil, India. Victor earned her B.S. in English from Towson University, her M.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Temple University, and her Ph.D. in English at University at Buffalo (SUNY). Victor has taught at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Nanyang Technological University, which hosts Singapore's first Advanced Creative Writing Program. She has also served as the editor for Jacket2. She is currently based in East Lansing and is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University.