Bridget Pitt is a South African writer, environmental activist and art teacher who was born in Zimbabwe and lives in Cape Town.[1]
Bridget Pitt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | South African |
| Spouse | Mike Evans |
| Children | Joanna Evans, Lara-May Evans |
| Website | |
| www | |
In 1987 she received a British Council Scholarship to study media at the University of London.[2]
Her first published writing was for grassroots newspapers,[3] which was part of the anti-apartheid struggle during the 1980s. She also drew a cartoon strip for the Weekly Mail.[2]
She wrote educational material for NGOs and textbooks, as well as poetry and fiction.[4] She has published poetry in The Thinker magazine, short stories, and novels.[5]
Her crime fiction novel The Unseen Leopard was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2011, and for the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.[4]
List of titles
edit- 1998 Unbroken Wing
- 2010 The Unseen Leopard
- 2015 Notes from the Lost Property Department
- 2023 Eye Brother Horn
- 2023 The Silence Of Owls
References
edit- ^ "Bridget Pitt - writing & stuff - Home". Thelesserspottedauthor.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b "New from Bridget Pitt: The Unseen Leopard (Plus: Excerpt) | NB". Nb.bookslive.co.za. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "NB Publishers | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Nb.co.za. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b "NB Publishers | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Nb.co.za. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Human & Rousseau | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Humanrousseau.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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