Lawrence Scott

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Lawrence Scott
FRSL
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Trinidad
Alma materSt Clare's Hall Oxford;
Manchester University
Occupation(s)Writer and teacher
Notable workWitchbroom (1992)
Aelred's Sin (1998)
Light Falling on Bamboo (2014)
AwardsTom-Gallon Trust Award; Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Websitewww.lawrencescott.co.uk

Lawrence Scott FRSL (born in Trinidad, 1943) is a novelist and short-story writer from Trinidad and Tobago, who divides his time between London and Port of Spain.[1] He has also worked as a teacher of English and Drama at schools in London and in Trinidad. Scott's novels have been awarded (1998) and shortlisted (1992, 2004) for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and thrice nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award (for Aelred's Sin in 2000,[2] Night Calypso in 2006[3] and Light Falling on Bamboo in 2014).[4] His stories have been much anthologised and he won the Tom-Gallon Short-Story Award in 1986.

  1. ^ Lawrence Scott, "Region, Location and Aesthetics: An Interview", in Michael Niblett and Kerstin Oloff (eds), Perspectives on the 'other America': Comparative Approaches to Caribbean and Latin American Culture, Editions Rodopi, 2009, pp. 257–70.
  2. ^ 2000 Longlist Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
  3. ^ 2006 Longlist Archived 21 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
  4. ^ The Nominees Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014.