Lindsey Collen (born 1948 in Mqanduli, Umtata,

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, South Africa) is a

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, and activist. She won the 1994 and 2005

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, Best Book, Africa. Her work has appeared in the '' New Internationalist''. She is a member of Lalit de Klas. She married Ram Seegobin. She lives in Mauritius.

Works

*''There is a Tide'', Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1990 * *''Getting Rid of it'', London:

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, 1997, . *''Mutiny'', London:

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, 2001, . *''Boy'', London: Bloomsbury, 2004, . *''The Malaria Man & her Neighbours'', Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 2010, .

Chapbooks

*''Komye fwa mo finn trap enn pikan ursen'', Ledikasyon pu travayer, 1997, . *''Natir imin: Mauritian Creole & English versions'', Ledikasyon pu travayer, 2000, .

Anthologies

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References

External links

* (Review)
"The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen"
''litbrit'', December 18, 2007 (Review)

''defimedia'', Noor Adam Essack, 03/4/2011 (interview) *
“Lindsey Collen in Conversation”
Literature & Politics, University of Reunion
"The Subversion of Class and Gender Roles in the Novels of Lindsey Collen (1948- ), Mauritian Social Activist and Writer"
1948 births Living people 20th-century South African novelists 20th-century South African women writers 21st-century South African novelists 21st-century South African women writers Mauritian activists Mauritian novelists Mauritian women activists Mauritian women novelists People from King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality South African emigrants to Mauritius South African women activists South African women novelists White South African people {{Mauritius-writer-stub