Samuel Selvon | |
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Born | Samuel Dickson Selvon 20 May 1923 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago |
Died | 16 April 1994 Piarco International Airport, Piarco, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago | (aged 70)
Pen name | Michael Wentworth; Esses; Ack-Ack; Big Buffer |
Education | Naparima College |
Notable works | The Lonely Londoners (1956) |
Spouses | Draupadi Persaud Althea Daroux |
Children | Two daughters and two sons |
Samuel Selvon (20 May 1923 – 16 April 1994)[1] was a Trinidad-born writer, who moved to London, England, in the 1950s. His 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "nation language", for narrative as well as dialogue.