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Vahni Anthony Ezekiel Capildeo (born Surya Vahni Priya Capildeo, 1973) is a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer, and a member of the extended Capildeo family that has produced notable Trinidadian politicians and writers (including V. S. Naipaul, a cousin of Capildeo's, and Neil Bissoondath).
Learn about Vahni Capildeo, a Trinidadian-British poet who explores themes of expatriation, language, and culture in their poetry collections. Read their biography, awards, and selected poems on the Poetry Foundation website.
Learn about the life and work of Vahni Capildeo, a contemporary Indo-Trinidadian-British poet who explores the invention of origins, birthplaces, and homes by travellers, migrants, and expatriates. Read their biography, critical perspective, bibliography, and awards.
Trinidadian-Scottish poet and prose writer Anthony Vahni Capildeo was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. They are a member of the prominent Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian Capildeo family of writers, politicians, and intellectuals, which includes Capildeo’s cousin V. S. Naipaul.
Vahni Capildeo is among the most respected and loved poets writing in the UK today. Opening any of their many volumes will demonstrate why, but no single collection shows the huge breadth of their range – for Capildeo’s reputation is based on ceaseless innovation and exploration.
The Department of English and Related Literature is delighted to host Vahni Capildeo as our Writer in Residence. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Vahni earned their DPhil in Old Norse literature and translation theory as a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church, University of Oxford.
Vahni Capildeo is a poet, performer, and translator who won the Forward Poetry Prize and was nominated for the T.S. Eliot Prize. She is currently working on a project about expatriation and feminism, and a book of poems, Like a Tree, Walking.
