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Angela Barry (''née'' Richards) is a Bermudian writer and educator. She spent more than 20 years living abroad – in England, France, The Gambia, Senegal and the Seychelles – before returning to Bermuda, where she has primarily worked as a lecturer since the 1990s.〔 Her creative writing reflects her connections with the African diaspora, and as a PhD student at Lancaster University she worked on cross-cultural projects.〔("Research Projects: Some Recent Publications by Lancaster's Creative Writing PhD Students" ), Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research, Lancaster University.〕 She was married to Senegalese Abdoulaye Barry and they have two sons, Ibou and Douds, although eventually divorcing.〔 In 1999 she married Guyanese playwright/filmmaker Michael Gilkes and they live in Bermuda.〔 ==Background and education== Born in Bermuda, she is the youngest of the three children of Madree and Edward Richards (who was the second premier of Bermuda and the first Black Bermudian to head the country's government). Barry's elder sister is London-based circuit judge Patricia Dangor,〔("Patricia Dangor" ), ''Black Lawyers Directory''.〕 and their brother is Bermuda parliamentarian Bob Richards.〔Danny McDonald, ("Bob Richards named Deputy Premier" ), ''Bermuda Sun'', 25 June 2014.〕〔(The Hon. Everard Bob Richards, JP, MP, Deputy Premier & Minister of Finance ), Bermuda Parliament.〕 After receiving her early education in Bermuda at Central School and at the Berkeley Institute, Barry went to England in the 1960s at the age of 15 to study for her A-levels, living with her sister while attending Holland Park School in London. She went on to the University of York, obtaining a BA (Hons) degree in English & Comparative Literature,〔 then the Sorbonne in Paris where she studied French for two years.〔Kim Dismont Robinson, ("The Atlantic Adventure" ), review of ''Endangered Species and Other Stories'', by Angela Barry, Peepal Tree Press website, first published in ''The Bermudian''.〕 After earning a master's degree in Language Arts & Education from the University of Sussex,〔 she worked as an English teacher in the UK. After her first marriage she lived in The Gambia, Senegal and the Seychelles. She returned to Bermuda in 1989. In 1993, she won a James Michener Creative Writing Fellowship to attend the Caribbean Summer Writers Institute at the University of Miami. For many years a lecturer at Bermuda College,〔("Spotlight On... Angela Barry ), English Senior Lecturer, Division of Liberal Arts, Bermuda College."〕 she introduced there a groundbreaking course in Bermudian Literature, "starting with early perceptions of the Island in the 17th century and Shakespeare’s ''The Tempest'', to Mary Prince in the 19th century".〔Jessie Moniz, ("Exploring our literary history" ), ''The Royal Gazette'', 16 August 2012.〕 She is co-chair of the Burland Collection Committee, concerned with the literary legacy of Brian Burland, described by Barry as "the greatest writer never to be known or acknowledged in the country of his birth".〔Meredith Ebbin, ("Legacy of Brian Burland preserved at College" ), ''Bermuda Sun'', 15 May 2013.〕 Barry has also taught at Bermuda High School.〔 She was involved with the Lancaster/Uganda Friends Writing Project, a collaboration between the Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research at Lancaster University (where she would obtain her PhD), and Femrite Women Writers Association in Kampala, Uganda, that took place between October 2010 and March 2011.〔("Angela Barry, mentor on the project – Profile" ), Lancaster/Uganda Friends Writing project website.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angela Barry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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