Leonora Brito

Leonora Brito (7 July 1954 – 14 June 2007) was a writer from Cardiff, Wales.

Leonora Brito
Born(1954-07-07)7 July 1954
Cardiff, Wales
Died14 June 2007(2007-06-14) (aged 52)
Cardiff, Wales
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityWelsh
Period1991–2007
Notable works
  • Dat's Love (1995)

Biography

Brito was born in Cardiff on 7 July 1954. She studied Law and History at Cardiff University. In 1991 she won the Rhys Davies Short Story Prize.[1] Her first short story collection, Dat's Love (1995), was published by Seren Books and was described by Publisher's Weekly as combining 'an unexpected setting (the Caribbean community in Wales) with some truly fresh writing'.[2] In an article for The Guardian, Gary Younge states that 'with the exception of Leonora Brito's Dat's Love, the literary voices of blacks and Asians in Wales are rarely heard.'[3] Brito's Chequered Histories (2006), another short story collection, was also published by Seren. In addition to prose she wrote successfully for radio and television.[4] She died in 2007.

Publications
  • 1995: Dat's Love, Seren

References
  1. "Black History Month | An Introduction to Welsh Writers - Wales Arts Review". Wales Arts Review. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. "Fiction Book Review: DAT's Love by Leonora Brito". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  3. "The Congo boys of Cardiff". The Guardian. 2002-05-31. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. "Dat's Love and Other Stories". Parthian Books. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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