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1926-2010 (Création/Production)
- Producteur
- Begamudré, Ven
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Notice biographique
Ven (Venkatesh) Sopher Begamudré was born in 1956 at Bangalore, India. Immigrating to Canada at the age of six, he lived in Ottawa, Kingston, Vancouver, and Regina.
Begamudré served with the Governor-General’s Foot Guards of the Canadian Armed Forces, Land Reserve from October 1973 until September 1974 in Ottawa and with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in 1973 in Vancouver. At Schiller College in Paris in 1975, he studied international administration and French. In 1977 he graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Public Administration. A Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing was obtained from Warren Wilson College in 1999.
Begamudré was a short story writer, novelist and editor. He published numerous short stories, articles, poems, prose, essays and reviews in various journals and anthologies. Several of his short stories have been broadcast on radio and television. He provided readings at conferences and workshops.
Begamudré was a writer-in-residence at the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme at the University of Calgary, Canada-Scotland Exchange Writer-in-Residence Program in Edinburgh, the University of Alberta, McMaster University, the Regina Public Library, and the Yukon Public Libraries. He also taught creative writing at the Sage Hill Writing Experience, the University of Regina Extension Department, the Saskatchewan School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University and Iowa State University.
Ven Begamudré passed away in Regina on July 5, 2026.
Historique de la conservation
The collection was transferred to Archives and Special Collections in September 2010 by the donor.
Portée et contenu
The date ranges is 1926 to 2010, predominantly 2006 to 2008, there are 3.77 meters of
material including: 73 Contact Sheets, 734 Negative Strips, 3398 Photographs, 422 slides, 9 Oversize Items (includes
5 Oversize Photographs #5,6,7,8,9), 2 CD-Rs, 1 Micro Memory Stick, 7 Artifacts. This collection is divided into the
following main series: Employment Application, Teaching, Travel and Writing by Ven Begamudré. It also includes
sections for Chintakindi Lakshmi – Bai, Ven’s Mother (1930 to 1978) and for his Father, Rokash Das Begamudré
(1926 – 2010).
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Classement
The original order established by the writer was maintained where possible.
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Restrictions d'accès
There are no Closed or Confidential file in this collection however files marked RESTRICTED are closed to all researchers except by permission of the University Archivist or/and the donor.
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Future accruals are expected.
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RAD
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Dates de production, de révision et de suppression
November 2010 (Creation)