Eric Derwent Walrond (18 December 1898 – 8 August 1966) was an Afro-Caribbean Harlem Renaissance writer and journalist. Born in Georgetown, Guyana (British Guiana), the son of a Barbadian mother and a Guyanese father, Walrond was well-travelled, moving early in life to live in Barbados, and then Panama, New York City, and eventually England. He made a lasting contribution to literature, his most famous book being Tropic Death, published in New York City in 1926 when he was 28; it remains in print today as a classic of its era.
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Eric Derwent Walrond 18 December 1898 Georgetown, British Guiana
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8 August 1966 (aged 67) London, United Kingdom
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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