Eunice de Souza

Eunice de Souza (born 1940) is a contemporary Indian English language poet, literary critic and novelist. Among her notable books of poetry is "Women in Dutch painting" (1988).

Eunice de Souza was born and grew up in Pune, in a Roman Catholic family originally from Goa. [ [http://www.arlindo-correia.com/100501.html Eunice De Souza] (Arlindo Correia's Home Page) Accessed: January 20, 2007.] She studied English literature with an MA from the Marquette University [http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_S.html#Souza] in Wisconsin, and a PhD from the University of Mumbai. She taught English at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and was Head of the Department until her recent retirement. She was involved in the well known literary festival Ithaka organized at the college.

She has also been involved in theater, both as actress and director. She began writing novels with "Dangerlok" in 2001. She has also written four children's books.

It appears that the family may have been earlier called Prabhu; she hints at a portuguese conversion in the poem "de Souza Prabhu":: No, I'm not going to: delve deep down and discover : I'm really de Souza Prabhu: even if Prabhu was no fool: and got the best of both worlds.: (Catholic Brahmin!: I can hear his fat chuckle still.)cite book
title = The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets
author = Arvind K Mehrotra, ed.
publisher = Oxford University Press
isbn = ISBN:0195628675
year = 1993p. 119]

Aside from poetry and fiction de Souza has edited numerous anthologies and collections and writes a weekly column for the Mumbai Mirror. She currently lives in Mumbai.

Works

Poetry
* "Fix". (1979)
* "Women in Dutch Painting". (1988)
* "Ways of Belonging". (1990)
* "Selected and New Poems". (1994)

Novels
* "Dangerlok". (Penugin, 2001) [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lr/2002/06/02/stories/2002060200180300.htm review] [http://www.ndtv.com/ent/bookextracts.asp?id=29&slug=Dangerlok extract]
* "Dev & Simran: A Novel". (Penguin, 2003) [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030727/spectrum/book7.htm review]

Interviews
* "Conversations with Indian Poets". (OUP, 2001) ISBN 9780195647822

Edited
* "Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology". (OUP, 2001) ISBN 9780195658477
* "101 Folktales From India". (2004)
* "Purdah: An Anthology". (OUP, 2004) ISBN 0195666615
* "Women's Voices: Selections from Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Indian Writing in English". (OUP, 2004) ISBN 9780195667851 [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/28598793.cms review]
* "Early Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology 1829-1947". (OUP, 2005) ISBN 9780195677249 [http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/12/04/stories/2005120400250500.htm review]
* "The Satthianadhan Family Album". (Sahitya Akademi, 2005) [http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/10/02/stories/2005100200170400.htm review]

References

External links

* [http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=section&xslt=columnist&sectid=45 Weekly Column] at Mumbai Mirror
* [http://www.arlindo-correia.com/100501.html Poems] en icon & commentary pt icon

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