Khashayar Mohammadi

Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi (he/they) is a queer, Iranian-born, Toronto-based poet, writer and translator. They were shortlisted for the 2021 Austin Clarke Prize in poetry and are the winner of the Vallum Poetry Prize 2021 and author of five poetry chapbooks. Their debut poetry collection, Me, You, Then Snow, came out with Gordon Hill Press in 2021.