Eunice De Souza

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Eunice De Souza (born 1940) is a contemporary Indian English language poet and novelist.

Eunice De Souza was born and grew up in Pune, in a Roman Catholic family originally from Goa.[1] She studied English literature in India and in the United States, which she taught at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, where she was Head of the Department of English until her recent retirement. She has published several volumes of poetry to wide acclaim, and began writing novels with Dangerlok in 2001.

Aside from poetry and fiction De Souza has edited numerous anthologies and collections and writes a weekly column for the Mumbai Mirror. She currently lives in Mumbai.

[edit] Works

Poetry

  • Fix. (1979)
  • Women in Dutch Painting. (1988)
  • Ways of Belonging. (1990)
  • Selected and New Poems. (1994)

Novels

Interviews

Edited

  • Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology. (OUP, 2001) ISBN 9780195658477
  • 101 Folktales From India. (2004)
  • Purdah: An Anthology. (OUP, 2004) ISBN 0195666615
  • Women's Voices: Selections from Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Indian Writing in English. (OUP, 2004) ISBN 9780195667851 review
  • Early Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology 1829-1947. (OUP, 2005) ISBN 9780195677249 review
  • The Satthianadhan Family Album. (Sahitya Akademi, 2005) review

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eunice De Souza (Arlindo Correia's Home Page) Accessed: January 20, 2007.


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NAME De Souza, Eunice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eunice Desouza
SHORT DESCRIPTION Contemporary Indian English language poet and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Pune, India
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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