Valerie Mason-John ( opera 22 Nọvemba 1962) [1] bụ nzere Bekee na onye rụpụtara mgbake elo - Iji nkuzi Buddha merie ahụ riri ahụ, [2] ọzọ na mmemme mmemme iri na abụọ maka ahụ riri ahụ.
akwụkwọ e akwụkwọ ahụ site na Windhorse Publications na 2013, ọ kwuru onye nnata ihe nrite akwụkwọ kacha mma USA 2014 [1] na akwụkwọ akwụkwọ kacha mma 2015 [2] na ngalaba mkpali onwe na onye onwe onye. nsogbu ọchịchị na-eme ugbu a na UK, USA, Canada, India na Finland. Mason-John bụkwa onye mmekọ nke Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR), nke sitere na Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression sitere n'aka John D. Teasdale, Mark Williams, na Zindal Seagal.
Mason-John na-eji ha/ha isiaha ma bụrụ onye otu LGBT obodo. [1] Ha bụ onye dere akwụkwọ amị [2] ma na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ekwu okwu ọha na eze na Mindfulness for Addiction and Emotional Well Being, ma bụrụ onye na-enye ihe na-ejedebe mmegbu na ọrụ. Valerie ka echiri echichi na Triratna Buddhist Community, ebe ha natara aha ime ohere ha, Vimalasara. [3] Ha bụkwa onye isi oche nke Triratna Vancouver Buddhist Center. [4] Aha Buddhist ha bụ Vimalasara, nkeere "onye isi ya bụ igwe agba nchara na nke dị ọcha". Ha na-abụbu onye na-ede akwụkwọ na- matchghị akwụkwọ maka akwụkwọ ndị Voice ma bụrụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye na-ede uri na-ekwu okwu na-eji aha ọkwa "Queenie". [5] Black British site n'emekiri, ha player onye Canada ugbu a.
Amụrụ na Cambridge, England, nye nne na nna Sierra Leone Creole, Mason-John mmegharị n'oge ọ bụ nwata "na-elekọta ya" - n'ahụ obibi na ebe a na-elekọta ụgbọ, [1] ụlọ ụlọ Orphanages Barnardo na Britain, e obere oge ya na ya bi. nne ha na nwa afọ iri na mma. Mason-John tupu ya enweta akara ugo mahadum na 1980, mana ọ gara n'ihu na- , alakaso na ike akwụkwọ ruo ugbu a. akwụkwọ ozi 1990, ha na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye edemede, onye na-ese ihe na onye nkuzi. Ụlọ nkuzi nkuzi na Mahadum South Bank nke London, ma na-eduzi amụ ihe a na-ahụ maka njikwa iwe na idozi nsogbu .
Ka ọnwa 18 gachara ụdị nkà ihe ndị na-eso agha na Mahadum Leeds n'oge 1980, Mason-John akwụkwọ akwụkwọ post-gụ akwụkwọ, akwụkwọ MFA na edemede okike na diplọma na-eme ihe nkiri na Mahadum Sussex [1] na Desmond Ụlọ akwụkwọ Jones. Ka ọ na-erule 2003, dị iche ha nwere na iko na-amị ha n'ime iwu Buddhist nke dị n'Ebe Ọdịda, dugara ha n'ịde na ime ihe, na Francis onwe ha na ndị ọzọ na-ahụzịaka iwe na guba. Na Disemba 2007, Mahadum East London hụrụ Mason-John Honorary Doctor of Letters. [2] Mason-John na-aga n'ihu na-ede akwụkwọ, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-enye ihe onwe onye; ha na-eme ma na-ezo okwu na mba ụwa
Ụbọchị Mason-John apụtala na UK na akwụkwọ nta ndị mba ụwa na akwụkwọ ndị edemede dị ka The Guardian, Voice, Curve Magazine, Morning Star, Akwụkwọ Pink, Akwụkwọ ihe enyi na Wasafiri . Ha enyewokwa aka na Ọkara egwu: Ahụmahụ ụmụ ekere nke njem n'ụwa dum (mbipụta nke abụọ, Pandora Rough Guide, 1990), Frauen Zimmerim Haus Europa (Papyrosa, 1991), Mwakpo na Mgbakọ (Cassell, 1995), Okwu sitere na Okwu Up Café ( akwụkwọ akwụkwọ Centerprise, 1993), na Tell Tales (Kwuo Akụkọ/Flipped Eye Publications, 2005).
Mason-John bụ onye nchịkọta akwụkwọ nke Feminist Arts News site na 1992 ruo 1997. [1] Na mgbakwunye, ha bụ onye ntụzi nka nke London Mardi Gras site na 1997 ruo 2000, wee pụta apụ dị ka onye isi ihe ngosi nka. nke Pride Arts. [1] Ihe nzere ha na-agụnye ọrụ na- echereghị maka BBC, Channel 4 na Vis International TV; Ekwala ngwaọrụ na mgbasa ozi nke redio nke Britain maka BBC World Service na mmemme mpaghara Midweek, Awa Nwanyị [2] na Shelagh Rogers Gosi na-esote Isi na CBC Radio .
Na mgbakwunye na ọrụ ha na mgbasa ozi na akwụkwọ akụkọ, Mason-John malitere ọrụ na ihe nkiri. N'ịbụ ndị gụrụ akwụkwọ na Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, ha malitere ime na ide maka ogbo site na 1998. [1] Na-elekwasị anya na egwuregwu otu nwanyị, ha mepụtara otu ọrụ, gụnyere Sin Dykes, Brown Girl in the Ring, Adventures of Snow Black na Rose Red na Ị nwetara m, n'etiti egwuregwu ndị ọzọ. [2]
Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ha Borrowed Body (2005), bụ nke e mechara maliteghachi dị ka The Banana Kid (2007), natara akwụkwọ ọgụgụ nke afọ. [2] Ebe ọ bụ na, Mason-John edeela akwụkwọ isii gụnyere akwụkwọ akụkọ mmụọ ha na-abụghị akụkọ ifo Detox Your Heart (2006), [2] nke e debere maka ntụgharị na 2017.
. [3]Na 2012, Mason-John n'ụdị onye na-ekwu okwu bụ Kevan Anthony Cameron deziri akwụkwọ akwụkwọ Anthology The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry, nke Frontenac House , [1] na- amị ihe 90 ndị na-ede uri. [2] The Great Black North bụ otu n'ime nchịkọta uri mbụ zuru oke nke ndị na-ede uri Black Canada nke oge a. [1] Ndị na-ede uri ama ama n'ime akwụkwọ ozi George Elliott Clarke, M. Nourbese Philip, Wayde Compton, Sylvia Hamilton, Olive Senior, Fredrick Ward na d'bi Young . Ndekọ icheta dị iche iche n'ụzọ o si pụtapụta abụ "peeji" na "stage", dịka ụzọ isi kwanyere ma omenala ederede na nke ọnụ nke ndị na-ede uri sitere na mba Africa.