Background
Eunice de Souza was born and grew up in Pune, in a Goan Catholic family.
Eunice de Souza was born and grew up in Pune, in a Goan Catholic family.
She studied English literature with an Master of Arts from the Marquette University in Wisconsin, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Mumbai.
Among her notable books of poetry is Women in Dutch painting. She taught English at Saint Xavier"s College, Mumbai, and was Head of the Department until her recent retirement. She was involved in the well known literary festival Ithaka organized at the college.
She has also been involved in theater, both as actress and director
She began writing novels with Dangerlok in 2001. She has also written four children"s books
She hints at an ancestral Portuguese conversion in the poem de Souza Prabhu: Number, I"m not going to delve deep down and discover I"m really de Souza Prabhu even if Prabhu was no fool and got the best of both worlds. (Catholic Brahmin! I can hear his fat chuckle still) Aside from poetry and fiction,Eunice de Souza has edited numerous anthologies and collections and writes a weekly column for the Mumbai Mirror.
She currently lives in Mumbai.