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'''Eunice de Souza''' (1940 – 2017) was an Indian [[English language]] [[poet]], [[literary critic]] and [[novelist]]. Among her notable books of poetry are ''Women in Dutch painting'' (1988), ''Ways of Belonging'' (1990), ''Nine Indian Women Poets'' (1997), ''These My Words'' (2012), and ''Learn From The Almond Leaf'' (2016). She published two novels, ''Dangerlok'' (2001), and ''Dev & SImran'' (2003), and was also the editor of a number of anthologies on poetry, folktales, and literary criticism.

==Early life and education==
Eunice de Souza was born and grew up in [[Pune]], in a [[Goan Catholics|Goan Catholic]] family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arlindo-correia.com/100501.html|title=EUNICE DE SOUZA|website=arlindo-correia.com|access-date=2019-03-04}}</ref> She studied [[English literature]] with an MA from the [[Marquette University]]<ref>
{{Cite web |url=http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_S.html#Souza |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919000529/http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_S.html#Souza |archive-date=19 September 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
</ref> in [[Wisconsin]], and a PhD from the [[University of Mumbai]]. She taught English at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]], and was Head of the Department until her retirement. She was involved in the well-known literary festival Ithaka organized at the college. She was involved in [[theater]], both as [[actress]] and [[theatre director|director]], and began writing novels with her first, ''Dangerlok'', published in 2001. She also wrote four children's books.

She hints at an ancestral [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] conversion in the poem ''de Souza Prabhu'':
: No, I'm not going to
: delve deep down and discover
: I'm really de Souza Prabhu
: even if Prabhu was no fool
: and got the best of both worlds.
: (Catholic Brahmin!
: I can hear his fat chuckle still.)<ref name=akm>
{{cite book
| title = The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets
| author = [[Arvind K Mehrotra]], ed.
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| isbn = 0-19-562867-5
| year = 1993
}}p. 119</ref>

Aside from poetry and fiction, de Souza edited numerous anthologies and collections and wrote a weekly column for the [[Mumbai Mirror]]. Her poetry is also included in ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry'' <ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry|url=http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/Eunice_de_Souza.html|publisher=BigBridge.Org|accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref>( United States ).

She died on July 29, 2017.

== Works ==
'''Poetry'''
* ''Fix''. (1979)
* ''Women in Dutch Painting''. (1988)
* ''Ways of Belonging''. (1990)
* ''Selected and New Poems''. (1994)
* ''A Necklace Of Skulls''. (2009)
* ''Learn from the Almond Leaf'' (Poetrywala, 2016)

'''Novels'''
* ''Dangerlok''. (Penguin, 2001)<ref>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lr/2002/06/02/stories/2002060200180300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122144810/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lr/2002/06/02/stories/2002060200180300.htm|archive-date=22 January 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/ent/bookextracts.asp?id=29&slug=Dangerlok}}</ref>
* ''Dev & Simran: A Novel''. (Penguin, 2003) [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030727/spectrum/book7.htm review]

'''Interviews'''
* ''Conversations with Indian Poets''. (OUP, 2001) {{ISBN|978-0-19-564782-2}}

'''Edited'''
* ''Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology''. (OUP, 2001) {{ISBN|978-0-19-565847-7}}
* ''101 Folktales From India''. (2004)
* ''Purdah: An Anthology''. (OUP, 2004) {{ISBN|0-19-566661-5}}
* ''Women's Voices: Selections from Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Indian Writing in English''. (Co-edited with [[Lindsay Pereira]], OUP, 2004) {{ISBN|978-0-19-566785-1}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20121014004455/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-17/mumbai/27290762_1_novels-british-library-purdah review]
* ''Early Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology 1829-1947''. (OUP, 2005) {{ISBN|978-0-19-567724-9}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060227111433/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/12/04/stories/2005120400250500.htm review]
* ''The Satthianadhan Family Album''. (Sahitya Akademi, 2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225043/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/10/02/stories/2005100200170400.htm review]
* ''These My Words: The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry'' (Co-edited with [[Melanie Silgardo]], Penguin 2012)

==See also==
* [[Indian English literature]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070302150310/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=section&xslt=columnist&sectid=45 Weekly Column] at [[Mumbai Mirror]]
* [http://www.arlindo-correia.org/100501.html Poems] {{in lang|en}} & commentary {{in lang|pt}}

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