Australian-born academic and publisher (1932–2001)
Anna Rutherford (27 November 1932 – 21 February 2001) was an Australian-born academic and publisher, who helped to establish the field of
post-colonial literature in Europe.[1]
Biography
Rutherford was born in Australia in
Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales.[2]
From 1968 to 1996 she was Director of the Commonwealth Literature Centre at the
University of Aarhus, Denmark, where she introduced African and
West Indian courses, organising in 1971 the first European conference on the
British Commonwealth novel.[2]
(ed. with
Hena Maes-Jelinek and Kirsten Holst Petersen) A Shaping of Connections: Commonwealth literature studies, then and now: essays in honour of A.N. Jeffares. Sydney, N.S.W.: Dangaroo Press, 1989.
(ed. with Kirsten Holst Petersen) Chinua Achebe: a celebration. Oxford: Heinemann, 1990.
(ed. with Kirsten Holst Petersen) On Shifting Sands: new art and literature from South Africa. Earlsdon: Dangaroo Press, 1991.
(ed.) From Commonwealth to Post-colonial. Sydney; Coventry: Dangaroo, 1992.
(ed. with Shirley Chew) Unbecoming Daughters of the Empire. Sydney, N.S.W.: Dangaroo Press, 1993.
(ed. with Lars Jensen and Shirley Chew) Into the Nineties: post-colonial women's writing. Armidale, N.S.W.: Dangaroo Press, 1994.
(ed. with
Susheila Nasta) Tiger's Triumph: Celebrating Sam Selvon. Armidale, N.S.W.; Hebden Bridge: Dangaroo, 1995.
(ed. with Anne Collett and Lars Jensen) Teaching Post-colonialism and Post-colonial Literatures. Aarhus, Denmark; Oakville, Conn.: Aarhus University Press, 1997.
(ed. with James Wieland) War: Australia's Creative Response. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1997.
References
^Falck Borch, Merete; Eva Rask Knudsen; Martin Leer; Bruce Clunies Ross, eds. (2008).
"Preface: Remembering Anna Rutherford". Bodies and Voices: The Force-Field of Representation and Discourse in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. pp. xi–xvi.
ISBN9789401205351.
^Maes-Jelinek, Jena; Gordon Collier; Geoffrey V. Davis, eds. (1996). A talent(ed) digger: creations, cameos, and essays in honour of Anna Rutherford. Amsterdam; Atlanta, GA: Rodopi.
Australian-born academic and publisher (1932–2001)
Anna Rutherford (27 November 1932 – 21 February 2001) was an Australian-born academic and publisher, who helped to establish the field of
post-colonial literature in Europe.[1]
Biography
Rutherford was born in Australia in
Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales.[2]
From 1968 to 1996 she was Director of the Commonwealth Literature Centre at the
University of Aarhus, Denmark, where she introduced African and
West Indian courses, organising in 1971 the first European conference on the
British Commonwealth novel.[2]
(ed. with
Hena Maes-Jelinek and Kirsten Holst Petersen) A Shaping of Connections: Commonwealth literature studies, then and now: essays in honour of A.N. Jeffares. Sydney, N.S.W.: Dangaroo Press, 1989.
(ed. with Kirsten Holst Petersen) Chinua Achebe: a celebration. Oxford: Heinemann, 1990.
(ed. with Kirsten Holst Petersen) On Shifting Sands: new art and literature from South Africa. Earlsdon: Dangaroo Press, 1991.
(ed.) From Commonwealth to Post-colonial. Sydney; Coventry: Dangaroo, 1992.
(ed. with Shirley Chew) Unbecoming Daughters of the Empire. Sydney, N.S.W.: Dangaroo Press, 1993.
(ed. with Lars Jensen and Shirley Chew) Into the Nineties: post-colonial women's writing. Armidale, N.S.W.: Dangaroo Press, 1994.
(ed. with
Susheila Nasta) Tiger's Triumph: Celebrating Sam Selvon. Armidale, N.S.W.; Hebden Bridge: Dangaroo, 1995.
(ed. with Anne Collett and Lars Jensen) Teaching Post-colonialism and Post-colonial Literatures. Aarhus, Denmark; Oakville, Conn.: Aarhus University Press, 1997.
(ed. with James Wieland) War: Australia's Creative Response. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1997.
References
^Falck Borch, Merete; Eva Rask Knudsen; Martin Leer; Bruce Clunies Ross, eds. (2008).
"Preface: Remembering Anna Rutherford". Bodies and Voices: The Force-Field of Representation and Discourse in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. pp. xi–xvi.
ISBN9789401205351.
^Maes-Jelinek, Jena; Gordon Collier; Geoffrey V. Davis, eds. (1996). A talent(ed) digger: creations, cameos, and essays in honour of Anna Rutherford. Amsterdam; Atlanta, GA: Rodopi.