Bartholomew (Bart) Jason Kirsten Moore-Gilbert (8 December 1952 – 2 December 2015) was a

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-born,

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academic, orientalist, political campaigner and writer, most widely known for his work in the field of

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literary studies and theory.

Education

Moore-Gilbert graduated from

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( Grey College) in 1975 with a

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in English Language and Literature.

Career

His work has been translated into fifteen languages. Moore-Gilbert taught at

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, a position he held from 1998. His final academic study, the first critical assessment of postcolonial life-writing in English, was published by Routledge in June 2009. In 2014, Verso published Moore-Gilbert's memoir, ''The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets'', an account of his travels in India undertaken to shed light on his father's alleged role in acts of British colonial brutality. The book, which combined elements of travel writing, historical research and personal memoir, received positive reviews in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' and was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize. Moore-Gilbert died in Trinity Hospice on 2 December 2015 after a battle with

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. During his illness, he kept a blog tracing the development of his cancer and his treatment.

Selected publications

*''Cultural Closure? The Challenge of the Arts in the 1970s'' (1994), *''Cultural Revolution? The Challenge of the Arts in the 1960s'' (1992), *''Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices, Politics'' (1997), *''Post Colonial Criticism'' (Longman Critical Reader) (ed) (1997), *''Writing India'' (ed), 1757–1990: Literature of British India (1996), *''Kipling and Orientalism'' (1986), *''Hanif Kureishi'' (2001), *''Postcolonial Life-Writing: Culture, Politics, and Self-Representation ''(2009), *''The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets'' (2014),

References

External links

Voices of victimhood
review of ''Post-Colonial Theory'' in the ''

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'', 27 March 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2008. 1952 births 2015 deaths Academics of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of Grey College, Durham English orientalists Postcolonial literature {{UK-academic-stub