Susheila Nasta, Professor of Modern Literature, was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for services to Black and Asian literature.
Professor Nasta (pictured) is a critic and literary activist, editor and broadcaster. She is founding editor of the internationally distinguished literary magazine, Wasafiri, one of the first magazines to promote African, Caribbean and South Asian writing. She initiated some of the first courses in the UK in the postcolonial literatures, and currently contributes to Open University modules A430 Post-Colonial Literatures in English: Readings and Interpretations, A215 Creative Writing, A300 Twentieth Century Literature: Texts and Debates, and the MA in English.
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