Shereen Pandit

Shereen Pandit (* in Cape Town ) is a British writer, lawyer and political activist of South African descent.

Shereen Pandit came from a Muslim family. She studied law in London . The lawyer and political activist has also been the author of short stories since 1996 . Some of her short stories have won awards.

Shereen Pandit always wanted to be a writer. However, those around her always advised her to become a lawyer, as lawyers were so badly needed because the black community stood up for their human rights and freedom and the activists were regularly accused and punished for this. So Shereen Pandit decided to become a lawyer. But it was not enough for her to represent other activists legally. She also wanted to stand up for human rights and freedom, to interfere directly.

As a political activist, she came into conflict with the government of South Africa, which is why she and her husband fled law enforcement to London. Although she was no longer able to practice her legal profession here, she was able to ensure that the South African government's treatment of the black population, which violates human rights, becomes known to a wider public.

The author saw a way to do this in writing short stories and poems that were published in anthologies and magazines. Most of her stories are written for adults. The author's few stories for children all appeared in the youth magazine “Young Writer”.

Shereen Pandit is married with a daughter who is also a writer. Pandit is a member of the following authors' associations: African Writers Abroad, PEN Writers in Prisons Committee, Exiled Writers Ink!

Prizes and awards

• Booktrust London (winner 2004)
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (runner up 2003)
• Fish Publications (runner up 1999)
• Wordsworth magazine (winner 1997)
• Young Writer magazine (winner 2000 and 2001)

References and notes

1. ↑ Barbara Korte and Eva Ulrike Pirker (eds.) Britain Rewritten. Stories of a Multi-Ethnic Nation , Stuttgart: Reclam 2007, p. 196
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Who I Am (For Children) . Freewebs.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 7, 2010. 
3. ↑ Shereen Pandit: Writing History . Freewebs.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 7, 2010. 

literature

Short stories have appeared in the following magazines:

• Sable
• Wordsworth
• The interpreter's house
• Young writer
• The stinging fly
• First word
• Exiled Writer

Other short stories have appeared in the following anthologies:

• Lines in the Sand (Francis Lincoln Publishers)
• Pretext (Pen & Inc Publishers)
• From the Beiring Strait and Other Stories (Fish Publishing)
• Freedom Spring (Scottish Arts Council)
• Whose Britain (British Council)
• Underwords (Maia Press)
• The Silver Throat of the Moon (Five Leaves Publications)

Articles, interviews and reviews in:

• TES
• Books for Keeps
• Calabash
• Journal of Gender Studies