Bernth Lindfors
Bernth Lindfors (1938-) is an academic, researcher and author, with a special interest in African literature and performance.
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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.
One of the founders of the African Literature Association (ALA), he also began the distinguished journal Research in African Literatures (RAL) in 19**, editing it till 1990, when he handed it over to Richard Bjornson.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Besides numerous articles on a variety of matters regarding Southern African performance, published in a vast range of journals, including the South African Theatre Journal, , he produced the following relevant 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.
https://www.amazon.com/Bernth-Lindfors/e/B001H6OP3E
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