British Council Arts
British Council Arts
British Council Arts
 
Home Radiophonics Writers Gallery Resources and Links Writers on writing About Crossing Borders CB Magazine
*
*
Perform search * * *
*
*
*
*

* JOIN OUR MAILING LIST *

Let us keep you informed of new material on the site and news about the project.
Read more

 

 *

Janna Eliot

 

Mentor on the project, working with participants in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

 

Janna Eliot

I was born in England, of Russian, Armenian and Roma heritage.  I've had various jobs, the most interesting of which have been music therapy, acting, and teaching English as a foreign language. I'm a member of Artists Without Frontiers, the Romani Cultural Centre, and Exiled Writers Ink. 

 

My novels tend to deal with displacement and the search for cultural identity. I write poems and short stories, articles and book reviews.

 

Books:

Published under pen name  Rukshana Smith -

Sumitra's Story

Rainbows of the Gutter

Salt oj the snow              Publisher: Bodley Head/Random House

 

Published under pen name  Raqi Smith - 

 

The Poet who sold time     Publisher: Authorhouse Books/Amazon

 

I have also published poems, short stories, articles and book reviews in magazines and online.

 

Translated Settela by Aad Wagenaar. 

 

A series of short stories and poems to accompany English Language Textbooks for children in China - publisher Foreign Language and Teaching Press, China.

 

Links:

www.artistswithoutfrontiers.com 

www.othervoices.com

 



Picture: © Janna Eliot

 

arrowBack to Writers Gallery
 *
*
The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.
We are registered in England as a charity. Our privacy statement. Our Freedom of Information Publications Scheme.
© British Council
* * *
*
*
* Developed and hosted by Artlogic Media Ltd London. *
*