Henry Victor is an Anglican Priest of the Diocese of Edmonton and currently the Associate Priest at St Thomas' Church Sherwood Park. Henry Victor (whose roots are in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India) was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka where he had his early education. He then went to India to secure his degrees in Christian Theology and World Religions. Moving later to United Kingdom to complete his Ph D. Prior to settling in Alberta in July 2000 he worked in Pakistan and been a Professor of Comparative Religion in two of Sri Lankan Universities - University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka) and Eastern University (Sri Lanka). Henry Victor is a widely published poet and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta teaching subjects related to Islam and Christianity and Community Action. His collection of poems titled No Tears and Frail Floret were published in Sri Lanka in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Cyberwit.Net published Henry Victor's poems in The Postmodern Temperament: Fifteen Poets (2003) and The Ferment of Images (2004). Henry Victor is married to Chandra whose roots are also in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, and they have a 16-year-old daughter Gitanjali. |