Ru Freeman
| Ru Freeman | |
|---|---|
 reading at the 2014 Gaithersburg Book Festival | |
| Born | 1967 |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Education | Murdoch University |
| Alma mater |
Bates College; University of Colombo |
| Genre | Novel |
| Website | |
|
rufreeman | |
Ru Freeman (born 1967) is a Sri Lankan writer and journalist.
Life
She was born in Colombo.[1] She studied at Murdoch University. She graduated from Bates College with a BA, and from the University of Colombo.[2]
Her work has appeared in Huffington Post,[3] Guernica,[4] Story Quarterly, VQR,[5] Crab Orchard Review, Narrative,[6] World Literature Today,[7] Post Road, Confessions: Fact or Fiction?.[8]
She teaches at Columbia University.[9]
Works
- A Disobedient Girl: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. 21 July 2009. ISBN 978-1-4391-0195-7.
- On Sal Mal Lane. House of Anansi Press Incorporated. 29 April 2013. ISBN 978-1-77089-356-6.[10][11][12]
References
- ↑ http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/55457-war-peace-ru-freeman.html
- ↑ https://www.awpwriter.org/community_calendar/user_view/22935/freeman_ru
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ru-freeman/13-bests-of-awp-2013_b_2861733.html
- ↑ http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/ru-freeman-siege/
- ↑ http://www.vqronline.org/people/ru-freeman
- ↑ http://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/ru-freeman
- ↑ http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/author/ru-freeman
- ↑ https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/ru-freeman
- ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/writing/faculty/ru-freeman.html
- ↑ http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/books/20130525-book-review-on-sal-mal-lane-by-ru-freeman.ece
- ↑ http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/ru-freeman-s-novel-of-family-conflict-in-sri-lanka-1.5413901
- ↑ Cristina García. "Just Around the Corner". The New York Times.
Ru Freeman’s assured second novel is a much quieter yet rewarding portrait of a community of families on a dead-end road in Colombo, the country’s capital. They are a mixed lot on Sal Mal Lane: Sinhalese, Tamils and Burghers, descendants of European colonizers.
External links
 Ru Freeman: "On Sal Mal Lane", The Diane Rehm Show June 3, 2013 |
- https://www.pen.org/ru-freeman
- http://www.artsatl.com/2013/10/qa-ru-freeman/
- http://internationalfestivalofauthors.wordpress.com/tag/ru-freeman/
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