Silence of the Chagos - Patel, Shenaz

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Auteur(s) : Patel, Shenaz

Editeur : Restless Books

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/11/2019

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 178

Expédition : 136

Dimensions : 17.5 x 13.0 x 1.2

ISBN : 9781632062345

Résumé :

Based on a true, still-unfolding story, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and above all the neverending desire for justice. Shenaz Patel draws on the lives of exiled Chagossians in this tragic example of 20th century political oppression.

Biographie:

Shenaz Patel is a journalist and writer from the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. As a journalist, she has been a Reuter fellow and worked as editor in chief of a political newspaper before setting up the arts, culture and society section of Week End, a leading Mauritian weekly newspaper.

Patel is the author of four novels, including Le silence des Chagos published in France by Editions de l?Olivier-Le Seuil and in English by Restless Books as The Silence of the Chagos (2019). She has written numerous short stories in French and Mauritian Creole as well as five graphic novels, two plays, and translations.

Patel was an International Writers Program (IWP) Honorary Fellow in the U.S. in 2016, a fellow at the Hutchins Centre-W.E.B du Bois Institute at Harvard University for the Spring semester 2018, and acted as mentor for the Young Women Writers Mentorship Programme of the IWP in 2019.

Patel staged a production of Niamain in 2019 (the story of an African princess enslaved in the 18th century). She is currently working on a novel based on the stories of women who have fought for freedom at different levels. She is also working on a documentary film related to the quest of identity through DNA testing.