Writing of and for Our Time
A major figure in the landscape of contemporary British writing, Bernardine Evari5to has published eight books focused on the untold stories of African diasporic lives. She is well known for her experiments in literary form and her talents writing across genres, including novels poetry, verse fictio...
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| Published in | Wasafiri Vol. 34; no. 4; p. 99 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Abingdon
Taylor & Francis Ltd
01.12.2019
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| Summary: | A major figure in the landscape of contemporary British writing, Bernardine Evari5to has published eight books focused on the untold stories of African diasporic lives. She is well known for her experiments in literary form and her talents writing across genres, including novels poetry, verse fiction, short fiction. essays, radio and theatre drama. Her works have attracted many prizes and accolades. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2004. she became Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2006 and has been Vice Chair of the Royal Society of Literature since 2017. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Bruner' University. London. Her latest book is a fusion fiction entitled Girl, Woman, Other (2019), that she calls •an anti- Brexit, anti•parochial, anti•patriarchal novel'. It has been shortlisted for the Booker prize. |
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| ISSN: | 0269-0055 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02690055.2019.1635776 |