Lindsey Collen Explained

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
• Book: The Rape of Sita. Feminist Press. 1993. 978-1-55861-393-5 .
• Getting Rid of it, London: Granta Books, 1997, .
• Mutiny, London: Bloomsbury, 2001, .
• Boy, London: Bloomsbury, 2004, .
• The Malaria Man & her Neighbours, Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 2010, .

Chapbooks

• Komye fwa mo finn trap enn pikan ursen, Ledikasyon pu travayer, 1997, .
• Natir imin: Mauritian Creole & English versions, Ledikasyon pu travayer, 2000, .

Anthologies

• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=UCPXV4APavgC&dq=lindsey+collen&pg=PA43. Enigma. Opening spaces: an anthology of contemporary African women's writing. Yvonne Vera. Heinemann. 1999. 978-0-435-91010-5 .
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=UP_Io4NI_rIC&dq=lindsey+collen&pg=PA221. Letters from Bambous. Letters from the Edge: 12 Women of the World Write Home . Chris Brazier . New Internationalist. 2008. 978-1-904456-97-1 .

External links

• Web site: Mutiny by Lindsey Collen . https://web.archive.org/web/20080427045604/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mutiny-by-lindsey-collen-752971.html. dead. April 27, 2008. 27 July 2001. The Independent. Wheelwright. Julie. Julie Wheelwright . (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)
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=7m1M6jPIFPwC&dq=lindsey+collen&pg=PA75. Lindsey Collen's The Rape of Sita. African novels in the classroom . Margaret Jean Hay. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2000. 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"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Felicity Hand (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) . Literary Encyclopedia | Lindsey Collen . Litencyc.com . 2010-08-26 . 2014-08-22.
2. Web site: Commonwealth Prize . Commonwealth Prize . Africabookclub.com . 2014-08-22.
3. Web site: Canada . Lindsey Collen - New Internationalist . Newint.org . 2014-08-22.
4. Web site: Lindsey Collen - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine . International Viewpoint . 2014-08-22.
5. Web site: Lindsey Collen . The Feminist Press . 2014-05-03 . 2014-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113724/http://www.feministpress.org/books/lindsey-collen . 2014-08-26 .
6. Web site: Lindsey Collen - Lindsey Collen . Bloomsbury . 2014-08-22.