Pauline Melville
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 1940) is an English 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."