THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS
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"Rupi Kaur is the Writer of the Decade." - The New Republic
From rupi kaur, the 1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one's roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.
Divided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.
this is the recipe of life
said my mother
as she held me in her arms as i wept
think of those flowers you plant
in the garden each year
they will teach you
that people too
must wilt
fall
root
rise
in order to bloom
RUPI KAUR
A breakout literary phenomenon and 1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection milk and honey in 2014. Next came its artistic siblings the sun and her flowers and home body, both debuting at 1 on bestseller lists across the world. These collections have sold more than 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. In 2022, she released her fourth book Healing Through Words which is a journey of guided writing exercises to help the reader explore their creativity.
As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self-produced Rupi Kaur Live, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.
Rupi Kaur graces stages across the globe on sold-out world tours. These shows are a poetic theatrical experience interlaced with her own touch of stand-up. Her work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends.
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Rupi Kaur nació en Punjab, India, en 1992 y emigró con su familia a Canadá cuando era niña. Estudió en la Universidad de Waterloo, donde se graduó en retórica y escritura profesional. Comenzó compartiendo sus poemas e ilustraciones en redes sociales, lo que le permitió conectar con una amplia audiencia. En 2014 publicó su primer libro, Milk and Honey, seguido por The Sun and Her Flowers en 2017 y Home Body en 2020. Su obra combina poesía breve con ilustraciones minimalistas y aborda temas como identidad, migración, feminidad y resiliencia. Actualmente reside en Toronto y continúa escribiendo y presentando su trabajo en escenarios internacionales.
