Leena Dhingra
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Leena Dhingra | |
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Alma mater | University of East Anglia |
Occupation(s) | Writer, actress and teacher |
Website | www |
Leena Dhingra is a British writer, actress and teacher.[1]
Life
Born in India, Dhingra came to Europe after the 1947 Partition of India. She was educated in India, England, France and Switzerland.[1]
She was a key member of the Asian Women Writers' Collective in the 1980s.[2]
Dhingra's 1988 novel Amritvela tells the story of Meera, a woman taken to England as a child, who is forced to confront her diasporic identity when returning to visit India after having married an Englishman.[3] Dhingra graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing in 1991 and a PhD in 2001.[4]
She has appeared in television
Furthermore, Dhingra has done the rounds of popular British TV by making appearances in The Bill, Casualty, Peak Practice, Cutting It, Silent Witness, Prime Suspect and Doctor Who.
She has also appeared in comedy shows
In 2021 Dhingra had a main role in the
.Works
- Amritvela. London: Women's Press, 1988.
- First Light. Calcutta: Rupa & Co., 1991.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
- ^ "Asian Women Writers' Collective" (PDF). South Asia Diaspora Arts Archive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ISBN 90-420-1261-7.
- ^ Leena Dhingra, Exhumation: a novel and a critical commentary. PhD thesis, University of East Anglia, 2001.
External links
- Official website
- Leena Dhingra at IMDb