Lindsey Collen

Lindsey Collen (born 1948 Mqanduli, Umtata, Transkei, South Africa) is a Mauritian novelist, and activist.[1] She won the 1994 and 2005 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book, Africa.[2]

Her work has appeared in the New Internationalist.[3] She is a member of Lalit de klas.[4]

She married Ram Seegobin. She lives in Mauritius.[5][6]

Works

  • There is a tide, Ledikasyon pu Travayer, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1990
  • The rape of Sita. Feminist Press. 1993. ISBN 978-1-55861-393-5.
  • Getting rid of it, Granta Books, London, 1997, ISBN 978-1-86207-079-0.
  • Mutiny, Bloomsbury, London, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7475-5265-9.
  • Boy, Bloomsbury, London, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7475-6387-7.
  • The malaria man & her neighbours, Ledikasyon pu Travayer, Port Louis, Mauritius 2010, ISBN 978-99903-33-67-1.

Chapbooks

  • Komye fwa mo finn trap enn pikan ursen, Ledikasyon pu travayer, 1997, ISBN 978-99903-33-18-3.
  • Natir imin: Mauritian Creole & English versions, Ledikasyon pu travayer, 2000, ISBN 978-99903-33-31-2.

Anthologies

  • Yvonne Vera, ed. (1999). "Enigma". Opening spaces: an anthology of contemporary African women's writing. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-91010-5.
  • Chris Brazier, ed. (2008). "Letters from Bambous". Letters from the Edge: 12 Women of the World Write Home. New Internationalist. ISBN 978-1-904456-97-1.

References

  1. ↑ Felicity Hand (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) (2010-08-26). "Literary Encyclopedia | Lindsey Collen". Litencyc.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ↑ Commonwealth Prize. "Commonwealth Prize". Africabookclub.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  3. ↑ Canada. "Lindsey Collen - New Internationalist". Newint.org. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Lindsey Collen - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine". International Viewpoint. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  5. ↑ "Lindsey Collen". The Feminist Press. 2014-05-03. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  6. ↑ "Lindsey Collen - Lindsey Collen". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
Reviews
  • Julie Wheelwright (27 July 2001). Mutiny by Lindsey Collen. The Independent.
  • "The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen", litbrit, December 18, 2007
Interviews
Others
  • Margaret Jean Hay, ed. (2000). "Lindsey Collen's The Rape of Sita". African novels in the classroom. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-878-8.
  • “Lindsey Collen in Conversation”, Literature & Politics, University of Reunion
  • "The Subversion of Class and Gender Roles in the Novels of Lindsey Collen (1948- ), Mauritian Social Activist and Writer"
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