Lindsey Collen

South African-born novelist based in Mauritius (born 1948)

Lindsey Collen (born 1948 in 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, Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1990
The Rape of Sita. Feminist Press. 1993. ISBN 978-1-55861-393-5.
Getting Rid of it, London: Granta Books, 1997, ISBN 978-1-86207-079-0.
Mutiny, London: Bloomsbury, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7475-5265-9.
Boy, London: Bloomsbury, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7475-6387-7.
The Malaria Man & her Neighbours, Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 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

^ Felicity Hand (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) (2010-08-26). "Literary Encyclopedia | Lindsey Collen". Litencyc.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ Commonwealth Prize. "Commonwealth Prize". Africabookclub.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ Canada. "Lindsey Collen - New Internationalist". Newint.org. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ "Lindsey Collen - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine". International Viewpoint. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ "Lindsey Collen". The Feminist Press. 2014-05-03. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ "Lindsey Collen - Lindsey Collen". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

External links

Julie Wheelwright (27 July 2001). "Mutiny by Lindsey Collen". The Independent. Archived from the original on April 27, 2008. (Review)
"The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen", litbrit, December 18, 2007 (Review)
Lindsey Collen: “Emancipation is the freeing from patriarchy”^{[permanent dead link]}, defimedia, Noor Adam Essack, 03/4/2011 (interview)
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"