George Lamming

George Lamming was born on 8 June 1927 in Carrington Village, near Bridgetown, and was raised by his mother and his godfather. A pupil at Combermere School, where his teacher was Frank Collymore, editor of the journal Bim, he taught in Trinidad from 1946 to 1950, then left for London, where he worked at the BBC. Writer in residence at the University of the West Indies from 1967, he later taught at several universities in the United States. He died in Bridgetown on 4 June 2022.

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• NovelIn the Castle of My SkinGeorge Lamming · 1953Literature