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'''Elly Niland''' is a poet, playwright and teacher. |
'''Elly Niland''' is a poet, playwright and teacher. |
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Her first collection of [[poetry]] was nominated for Best First Book of Poetry<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N881AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fiYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=473,6448839&dq=elly+niland&hl=en Guyana Prize for Literature: Judges Report, Stabroek News |
Her first collection of [[poetry]] was nominated for Best First Book of Poetry<ref name="Stabroek26082007">Paquet, Sandra Pouchet. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N881AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fiYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=473,6448839&dq=elly+niland&hl=en "Guyana Prize for Literature: Judges Report"], ''Stabroek News'', 26 August 2007. Retrieved on 2010-01-26</ref> |
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, and was runner up for the [[Literature_of_Guyana#Guyana_Prizes_for_Literature|Guyana Prize for Literature 2004]]. Her second collection Cornerstones won the Guyana Prize for Literature 2006<ref name="Stabroek26082007">[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ns81AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fiYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1798,6208322&hl=en "Guyana Prize Winners Announced"], [[Stabroek News]], 24 August 2007. Retrieved on 2010-01-26</ref>. Her 3rd collection, East of Centre, was funded by the [[British Arts Council]] |
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== Early life and education == |
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== Prizes == |
== Prizes == |
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*Guyana Prize for Literature 2004 (runner up) |
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*Guyana Prize for Literature 2006 (winner) |
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Elly Niland is a poet, playwright and teacher.
Her first collection of poetry was nominated for Best First Book of Poetry[1] , and was runner up for the Guyana Prize for Literature 2004. Her second collection Cornerstones won the Guyana Prize for Literature 2006[1]. Her 3rd collection, East of Centre, was funded by the British Arts Council
Early life and education
Elly was born in Guyana in 1954, and has lived in Surrey with her husband and children since 1971. After studying as a mature student at Hillcroft College in Britain, she went on to read for her Modern Arts degree at Kingston University and then to take her PGCE.
Notable Collaborations
Elly Niland and David Dabydeen dramatised Harold Sonny Ladoo’s short novel, No Pain Like This Body – vividly depicting the terrifying world of a family brutalised by violence, poverty and nature itself. Set in a Hindu Community in the Eastern Caribbean in 1905 during the August rainy season, it centres on a poor rice-growing family's struggle to survive. No Pain Like this Body was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2003
Fiction
The Fog, a story about a sickness spreading across Malaysia, was specially commissioned for the BBC’s Commonwealth Stories season and was read by Liz Sutherland on Radio 4 in 2005.
Elly is currently working on a collection of creole stories set in a fictional village in Guyana.
Bibliography
- Inretrospect
- Cornerstones
- East of Centre
Prizes
- Guyana Prize for Literature 2004 (runner up)
- Guyana Prize for Literature 2006 (winner)[1]
External Links
References
- ^ a b c Paquet, Sandra Pouchet. "Guyana Prize for Literature: Judges Report", Stabroek News, 26 August 2007. Retrieved on 2010-01-26 Cite error: The named reference "Stabroek26082007" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).