Pauline C Melville | |
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| Born | England |
| Occupation | Writer, actress, comedian |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British Guyanese |
| Notable works | Shape-Shifter (1990); The Ventriloquist's Tale (1997) |
| Notable awards | Commonwealth Writers' Prize Guardian Fiction Prize Whitbread First Novel Award Guyana Prize for Literature |
Pauline Melville FRSL (born 1948) is an English-Guyanese writer and former actress of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, who is currently based in London, England. Among awards she has received for her writing – which encompasses short stories, novels and essays – are the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Guyana Prize for Literature. Salman Rushdie has said of Melville: "I believe her to be one of the few genuinely original writers to emerge in recent years."[1]