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]
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
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. Archived from the original on April 27, 2008.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) (Review) - "The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen", litbrit, December 18, 2007 (Review)
- Lindsey Collen: “Emancipation is the freeing from patriarchy”, 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"
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