Occupation Poet, Novelist Role Poet Name Eunice Souza | Ethnicity Goan Catholic Nationality Indian Education University of Mumbai | |
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Books Dangerlok, A Necklace of Skulls: Collected, Talking poems, 101 folktales from India, Ways of Belonging | ||
Eunice de souza reads a poem
Eunice de Souza (1940–2017) was an Indian English language poet, literary critic and novelist. Among her notable books of poetry is Women in Dutch painting (1988).
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- Eunice de souza reads a poem
- Ensaio eunice de souza e ingrid isla
- Early life and education
- Works
- References
Ensaio eunice de souza e ingrid isla
Early life and education
Eunice de Souza was born and grew up in Pune, in a Goan Catholic family. She studied English literature with an MA from the Marquette University 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.
She hints at an ancestral 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.)Aside from poetry and fiction,Eunice de Souza has edited numerous anthologies and collections and wrote a weekly column for the Mumbai Mirror. Her poetry is also included in Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry ( United States ).
She died on July 29, 2017.
Works
Poetry
Novels
Interviews
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