Pauline Melville date of birth:
1948
How old is Pauline Melville?
78
What is Pauline Melville nationality?
British
What is Pauline Melville's occupation?
Actress
Short Biography
Pauline Melville (born 1948) is a Guyanese-born writer and actress of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, who is currently based in London, England. Among awards she has received for her writing are the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Guyana Prize for Literature. Salman Rushdie has said: "I believe her to be one of the few genuinely original writers to emerge in recent years."