Bernth Lindfors

Bernth Lindfors (1938-) is an academic, researcher and author, with a special interest in African literature and performance.

Biography

Born in Sweden in 1938, he trained at Northwestern University and Harvard University, later becoming professor of English and African literatures at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has established himself as one of the most renowned critics and historiographers of African literature and a prolific writer on the subject.

Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

His many works include

Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance

Besides numerous articles on a variety of matters regarding Southern African performance, he produced the following relevantg books:

Black African Literature in English, 1987-1991 (Bibliographical Research in African Literatures)Sep 1, 1995

Early Black South African Writing in English by Bernth Lindfors, Africa World Press, 2011

Ira Aldridge: The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)Oct 30, 2011

Black African Literature in English, 1982-86Apr 30, 1989

Black African Literature in English, 1992-1996Jan 1, 2000

Ira Aldridge: The Last Years, 1855-1867 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)Nov 15, 2015

African Textualities: Texts, Pre-Texts, and Contexts of African Literature by Lindfors, Bernth published by Africa World Pr HardcoverJul 1, 1997

Awards, etc

Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

Sources

Chris Dunton. 2012. "Lindfors generous, barbed, acidly witty", posted on SLiP, Stellenbosch, on July 19, 2012.

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