Rosamond S. King

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Rosamond S. King (born in the USA ) is a Gambian literary scholar and writer.

Life

King's father was a Gambian doctor who lived in the USA, her mother came from Trinidad and Tobago . She grew up in the USA.

King graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in literature and linguistics in 1996 . In 1998 she received a master's degree in comparative literature from New York University and received her PhD there in 2001 with a thesis on immigration in the literature of the Caribbean.

By 2006 she was an Assistant Professor on the Long Island University Brooklyn campus . In 2006/2007 she received a Fulbright grant for a research project on Gambian literature.

In 2008 she moved to Brooklyn College , where she became an associate professor . In September 2018 she was appointed director of the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute .

In addition to his academic work, King published poems in more than two dozen anthologies and publications. She also performs at readings and stages her poems. Your collection of poems Rock | Salt | Stone (2017) received a positive response and has received several awards.

King was also President of the Organization of Women Writers of Africa (OWWA) and Creative Editor of the literature platform sx salon . She is also involved in various LGBT projects .

Prizes and awards

  • 2015 Caribbean Studies Association Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Prize for Island bodies .
  • 2018: Lambda Literary Award in the category Lesbian Poetry for Rock | Salt | Stone

Publications

  • Born under the sign of the suitcase: Caribbean immigrant literature 1959–1999 . (Dissertation), New York 2001.
  • Voices of the city , Hanging Loose Press 2004.
  • At my belly & my back, RiSK Publications, Brooklyn (New York) 2009.
  • Island bodies: transgressive sexualities in the Caribbean imagination , University Press of Florida 2014.
  • Skirt | Salt | Stone . Nightboat Books, Brooklyn (New York) 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Let's Talk Literature. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Gambia: Indeed There is Gambian Literature, Says Dr. King. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ Mosaic Magazine: Rosamond S. King: Interview. In: Mosaic Literary Magazine. December 22, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ a b c d Rosamond S King explodes words on a page. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Rosamond S King: Born under the sign of the suitcase: Caribbean immigrant literature 1959–1999 . 2001 ( worldcat.org [accessed July 20, 2019]).
  6. ↑ ROSAMOND S. KING. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  7. ^ A b Award-winning English Professor Rosamond S. King Named New Director of the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Margaret Busby: New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent . Myriad Editions, 2019, ISBN 978-1-912408-02-3 ( google.de [accessed July 20, 2019]).
  9. ^ Rosamond S. King. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 2015 Award Winners. Caribbean Studies Association, accessed July 20, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME King, Rosamond S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES King, Rosamond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian literary scholar and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH United States