Creative Lives: Interviews with Contemporary South Asian Diaspora Writers

ISBN-13: 9783838215440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 260 str.

Chandani Lokuge; Chris Ringrose

O autorze

A former Australian Commonwealth Scholar from Sri Lanka, Chandani Lokuge is currently Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She has also held guest professorships in Germany, France, and the USA. She is the author of 16 books, including her novels My Van Gogh (2019), Softly as I Leave You (Winner of Sri Lanka's Godage National Literary Award for Best Novel 2013), and If the Moon Smiled (Shortlisted for New South Wales Premier's Prize) and a recent book of essays, Mediating Literary Borders: Asian Australian Writing. Chris Ringrose was educated at Cambridge University and the University of Alberta, and has held posts at Dalhousie University, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Northampton. He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of English at Monash University. His poetry and short fiction have won awards in England, Canada, and Australia, and he has published critical work on modern fiction, literary theory, and children's literature. He co-edits the Journal of Postcolonial Writing and ibidem's book series Studies in World Literature. His most recent book of poetry is Palmistry (2019).