Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
Elleke Boehmer
えれけ・ぶーまー
Erekke Būmā
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961 （Durban, South Africa）
- Nationality
- South Africa, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Durban, South Africa → Oxford, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Literary critic, Academic
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford, Wolfson College
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the British Academy
- Influenced By
- Steve Biko, Doris Lessing
- Influenced
- Scholars of J.M. Coetzee
- Nominations
- David Higham Prize shortlist (Screens Against the Sky), Sanlam Prize shortlist (Bloodlines)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | Faculty of English | Postcolonial Studies | MPhil | 1980年代 | United Kingdom |
University of Oxford
Faculty of English
/ Postcolonial Studies
Degree:
MPhil
Period:
1980年代
Year of Graduation:
1987
Country:
United Kingdom
After Rhodes Scholarship
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Olive Schreiner Prize | The Shouting in the Dark | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2016 | ESSE Literature Prize | Indian Arrivals, 1870–1915 | — | European Society for the Study of English | 受賞 |
Olive Schreiner Prize
2019
Work:
The Shouting in the Dark
Result:
受賞
ESSE Literature Prize
2016
Work:
Indian Arrivals, 1870–1915
Organization:
European Society for the Study of English
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Screens Against the Sky
1990 BildungsromanComing-of-age story of a girl in apartheid South Africa.
NationIdentityApartheid
The Shouting in the Dark
2015 NovelA young woman's self-discovery amid family abuse and apartheid violence in 1970s Durban.
Family violenceApartheidIdentity
Translations
- Dutch translation available
Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors
1995 Literary criticismHistoricising survey of anglophone colonial and postcolonial literature.
ColonialismMigrant metaphorsNationalism
Indian Arrivals, 1870–1915
2015 Historical studyNetworks of Indian migrants to Britain 1870-1915.
ImperialismMigrationCultural exchange
Empire, the National and the Postcolonial, 1890–1920
2002 Literary criticismInteractions of resistance in empire, nation, and postcolonialism 1890-1920.
NationalismModernismResistance
Bibliography
- Screens Against The Sky
- An Immaculate Figure
- Bloodlines
- Nile Baby
- The Shouting in the Dark
- Sharmilla, and Other Portraits
- To the Volcano, and other stories
- Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
- Empire, the National and the Postcolonial
- Stories of Women
Translations of Works
- Bloodlines Chinese translation
- Nile Baby Chinese translation
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Interweaving personal and politicalSlow-burn narrative structure
- Recurring Motifs
- Colonial legaciesMigration and belongingGender and nation
Legacy
Foundational figure in postcolonial studies, acclaimed novelist addressing colonial aftereffects in South Africa and Britain.
Quotes
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Fiction allows to ask questions about the unseen and unsaid below the radar of consciousness.
Source: Interview with Filippo Menozzi (2023)
Trivia
- Born to Dutch parents in South Africa.
- Rhodes Scholar.
- Married with two sons.