De Mel, Neloufer

Neloufer de Mel is Professor of English at the Department of English, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is the author of "Women and the Nation s Narrative: Gender and Nationalism in 20th Century Sri Lanka "(Kali for Women, 2001) and co-editor of "At the Cutting Edge: Essays in Honour of Kumari Jayawardena "(Women Unlimited 2007) and "Writing an Inheritance: Women s Writing in Sri Lanka 1860 1948 "(WERC, 2002). She is the recipient of many distinguished research awards, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Research and Writing Grant, a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship at Yal...