Eunice de Souza
Eunice de Souza (August 1, 1940 – July 29, 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 pookkad, in a Goan Catholic family. She  studied English literature with an MA from the Marquette University 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 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 conversion in the poem "de Souza Prabhu": 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" ( United States ). She died on July 29, 2017. Works. Poetry Novels Interviews Edited