Minoli Salgado Explained

Minoli Salgado
Birth Place:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation:Writer and academic
Nationality:Sri Lankan writer
Alma Mater:University of Sussex (BA);
University of Manchester (PGCE);
University of Warwick (PhD)
Notable Works:A Little Dust on the Eyes
Awards:SI Leeds Literary Prize

Minoli Salgado is a Sri Lankan writer and academic based in the United Kingdom who was born in Malaysia and educated mainly in England.[1] She has written extensively on migrant studies and diasporic literature and is the author of the critically acclaimed work Writing Sri Lanka. She also writes fiction and poetry, and her debut novel A Little Dust on the Eyes won the inaugural SI Leeds Literary Prize.

Biography

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Minoli Salgado was brought up in Sri Lanka, South East Asia and England,[2] attending schools in Penang Hill, Colombo, and North Devon, before going on to university studies in English Literature.[3] She earned a BA degree from the University of Sussex, PGCE from University of Manchester, and after gaining a PhD in Indo Anglian fiction from the University of Warwick she returned to the University of Sussex, where for many years she taught postcolonial literature, holding the positions of Tutorial Fellow, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor of English.[4] In 2020, she joined Manchester Metropolitan University as Professor of International Writing,[5] and she is founding Director of the Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies (MAPS).

Her 2006 book, Writing Sri Lanka: Literature, Resistance and the Politics of Place, is considered an influential study of Sri Lankan literature in English.[6] The first major study of Sri Lankan literature in English, it was researched by Salgado supported by a Leverhulme Fellowship and AHRC Research Grant.[7]

In 2012, her debut novel A Little Dust on the Eyes won the inaugural SI Leeds Literary Prize,[8] [9] and in 2014 was published by Peepal Tree Press, being launched that year at the Southbank Centre as part of the London Literature Festival.[10] The novel was also longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.[11] [12]

Her collection of short stories, Broken Jaw, was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction in 2020.

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Notes and References

  1. People Minoli Salgado. Wasafiri. 31 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Minoli Salgado. Peepal Tree Press. 31 August 2021.
  3. Web site: About. Minoli Salgado website. 31 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Prof Minoli Salgado. University of Sussex. 31 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Minoli Salgado, Professor of International Writing. Manchester Writing School. Manchester Metropolitan University. 31 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Returning again and again to a familiar landscape. Smriti. Daniel. The Sunday Times. Sri Lanka. 8 November 2015. 31 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Scholarly Work. Minoli Salgado website. 31 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Must Be Heard. Commonwealth Writers. 9 October 2014. 31 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Writer eyes book deal after winning top prize. The-Latest.com. 10 October 2012.
  10. Web site: A Little Dust on the Eyes. Minoli Salgado website. 31 August 2021.
  11. Sharma, Mukherjee and Salgado on DSC South Asian Literature longlist. The Bookseller. Katherine. Cowdrey. 19 October 2015. 31 August 2021.
  12. Web site: A reader's guide to the 11 books on the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature longlist. Scroll.in. Arunima. Mazumdar. 18 October 2015. 31 August 2021.