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Bridget Pitt
Born Harare, Zimbabwe
OccupationNovelist
Language English
NationalitySouth African
SpouseMike Evans
ChildrenJoanna Evans, Lara-May Evans
Website
www.bridgetpitt.com

Bridget Pitt is a South African writer, environmental activist and art teacher who was born in Zimbabwe and lives in Cape Town. [1]

In 1987 she received a British Council Scholarship to study media at the University of London. [2]

Her first published writing was for grassroots newspapers, [3] which was part of the anti-apartheid struggle during the 1980s. She also drew a cartoon strip for the Weekly Mail. [2]

She wrote educational material for NGOs and textbooks, as well as poetry and fiction. [4] She has published poetry in The Thinker magazine, short stories, and novels. [5]

Her crime fiction novel The Unseen Leopard was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2011, and for the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. [4]

List of titles

  • 1998 Unbroken Wing
  • 2010 The Unseen Leopard
  • 2015 Notes from the Lost Property Department
  • 2023 Eye Brother Horn

References

  1. ^ "Bridget Pitt - writing & stuff - Home". Thelesserspottedauthor.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "New from Bridget Pitt: The Unseen Leopard (Plus: Excerpt) | NB". Nb.bookslive.co.za. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ "NB Publishers | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Nb.co.za. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "NB Publishers | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Nb.co.za. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Human & Rousseau | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Humanrousseau.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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