Nasta, Susheila
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Name (Latin)
Nasta, Susheila
Date of birth
1953-10-16
Associate group
University of London. Queen Mary
Occupation
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Critical perspective on Sam Selvon, c1986:CIP t.p. (Susheila Nasta)
- Home truths, 2001:CIP t.p. (Susheila Nasta) data sheet (b. Oct. 16, 1953)
- Susheila Nasta (born 1953) is a British critic, editor, academic and literary activist. She is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literatures at Queen Mary University of London, and founding editor of Wasafiri, the UK's leading magazine for international contemporary writing ( (Wikipedia, viewed March 04, 2026) )
- The Cambridge history of Black and Asian British writing, 2020:title page (edited by Susheila Nasta, Queen Mary University of London) page xix (Susheila Nasta MBE is Professor of Contemporary and Modern Literatures at Queen Mary University of London and Emerita at the Open University. Founding Editor of Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing she launched in 1984, she has published widely, especially on the Caribbean, the South Asian diaspora, and black Britain. From 2007 to 2013 she led a major research and public engagement project on South Asian Britain. Her books include: Home Truths: Fictions of the South Asian Diaspora (2002), Writing Across Worlds (2004), India in Britain (2013), and Asian Britain: A Photographic History (2013). She is currently writing a group biography, The Bloomsbury Indians, and was awarded the Benson Medal in 2019 by the Royal Society of Literature)
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Wikipedia description:
Susheila Nasta (born 1953) is a British critic, editor, academic and literary activist. She is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literatures at Queen Mary University of London, and founding editor of Wasafiri, the UK's leading magazine for international contemporary writing. She is a recipient of the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature.
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