Lindsey Collen

Lindsey Collen (born 1948 in Mqanduli, Umtata, Transkei, South Africa) is a Mauritian novelist, and activist. She won the 1994 and 2005 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book, Africa.

Her work has appeared in the New Internationalist. She is a member of Lalit de Klas.

She married Ram Seegobin. She lives in Mauritius.

Works

 * There is a Tide, Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1990
 * Getting Rid of it, London: Granta Books, 1997, ISBN 978-1-86207-079-0.
 * Mutiny, London: Bloomsbury, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7475-5265-9.
 * Boy, London: Bloomsbury, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7475-6387-7.
 * The Malaria Man & her Neighbours, Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 2010, ISBN 978-99903-33-67-1.
 * The Malaria Man & her Neighbours, Port Louis, Mauritius: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 2010, ISBN 978-99903-33-67-1.

Chapbooks

 * Komye fwa mo finn trap enn pikan ursen, Ledikasyon pu travayer, 1997, ISBN 978-99903-33-18-3.
 * Natir imin: Mauritian Creole & English versions, Ledikasyon pu travayer, 2000, ISBN 978-99903-33-31-2.