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Bem Le Hunte
Bem Le Hunte (born 1964) is a British-Indian-Australian author whose internationally published novels, ''The Seduction of Silence'' (2001) and ''There, Where the Pepper Grows'' (2006) have gained her numerous positive reviews and a wide, appreciative readership in the Eastern world, Eastern and the Western world. Her first novel was shortlisted for the 2001 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Life and career Before 1989 Bem Le Hunte was born in Kolkata, the fourth child in a family with an Indian mother and English father. She grew up in India and England, receiving her education at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, West (London sub region), West London. She then spent a year studying journalism before continuing on to Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, from which she graduated with a BA in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in English Literature. She subsequently traveled the world, living in Japan and the United States, where she spent time in Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern World
The Eastern world, also known as the East or historically the Orient, is an umbrella term for various cultures or social structures, nations and philosophical systems, which vary depending on the context. It most often includes at least part of Asia or, geographically, the countries and cultures east of Europe, the Mediterranean region and the Arab world, specifically in historical ( pre-modern) contexts, and in modern times in the context of Orientalism. It is often seen as a counterpart to the Western world, and correlates strongly to the southern half of the North–South divide. The various regions included in the term are varied, hard to generalize, and do not have a single shared common heritage. Although the various parts of the Eastern world share many common threads, most notably being in the "Global South", they have never historically defined themselves collectively. The term originally had a literal geographic meaning, referring to the eastern part of the Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |