Samuel Selvon
(1923-1994)
Trinidad and Tobago writer
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Samuel "Sam" Selvon (20 May 1923 – 16 April 1994) was a Trinidad-born writer. His 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "nation language", for narrative as well as dialogue.
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20 May 1923 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
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| Died |
16 April 1994 (aged 70) Piarco International Airport, Piarco, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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