Bridget Pitt is a South African writer, environmental activist and art teacher who was born in Zimbabwe and lives in Cape Town. In 1987 she received a British Council Scholarship to study media at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

. Her first published writing was for grassroots newspapers, which was part of the anti-apartheid struggle during the 1980s. She also drew a cartoon strip for the ''Weekly Mail''. She wrote educational material for NGOs and textbooks, as well as poetry and fiction. She has published poetry in ''The Thinker'' magazine, short stories, and novels. Her crime fiction novel ''The Unseen Leopard'' was shortlisted for the

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

in 2011, and for the 2012

Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded biennially

List of titles

*1998 ''Unbroken Wing'' *2010 ''The Unseen Leopard'' *2015 ''Notes from the Lost Property Department'' *2023 ''Eye Brother Horn''

References

External links

Author's website

Author focus by Catalyst Press
Living people South African women novelists Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-writer-stub