Author · Trinidad and Tobago
Samuel Selvon
Died in 1994
Samuel Selvon was born on 20 May 1923 in San Fernando, in the south of Trinidad, to a merchant father who had come from India and a mother of Scottish descent. A radio operator in the naval reserve during the war, then a journalist at the Trinidad Guardian, he left for London in 1950, where he lived on odd jobs while writing. After leaving for Canada in 1978, he taught there and was writer in residence at Calgary. He died in Trinidad on 16 April 1994, during a visit to the country.
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- NovelThe Lonely LondonersSamuel Selvon · 1956Literature