Poetry
Tim Tim
Paul Keens-Douglas · 1976
Synopsis
The author's second book, after a first collection published the previous year, it brings together, under the subtitle “The Dialect Poetry of Paul Keens-Douglas”, texts written in the spoken language of Trinidad and the Eastern Caribbean. The author records in them, as in all his work, the sayings, opinions and beliefs of the ordinary Caribbean man, and the small things of daily life that no one notices any more; his texts are made to be spoken in public as much as to be read.
Context
The book appeared in 1976 in Trinidad from Keensdee Productions, the author's own firm, which published his nine volumes itself; the linguist Lawrence D. Carrington wrote the introduction and Michael Steele the illustrations. The same year a record of the same title was released by Keensdee Records, on which he performed, among others, Tanti at de Oval, the story of an aunt at the cricket match, and Sugar George and Papa God, an account of the creation in the speech of the island. The name Tim Tim then attached itself to his annual show and to the author himself, nicknamed Mr. Tim Tim.
Who it is for
Short texts in an eastern Caribbean dialect, written to be spoken aloud; the author's recordings give their voice.
Prizes and reception
His texts have been translated into German, French Creole and Japanese, and his characters are known throughout the Caribbean.
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