Sam Selvon

Samuel Selvon
Selvon in 1952
Born	Samuel Dickson Selvon (1923-05-20)20 May 1923 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Died	16 April 1994(1994-04-16) (aged 70) Piarco International Airport, Piarco, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
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.