Sam Selvon Collection. [19--?]

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Sam Selvon Collection. [19--?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48230953

The Collection consists of manuscripts of Selvon's published works - poems, plays, short stories, articles and non-fiction work. The Collection also includes correspondence which has not yet been inventoried.

Manuscripts, correspondence.

The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine

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SNAC Resource ID: 7591414

The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine

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Geofroy, Marilyn.

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Selvon, Samuel

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Samuel Selvon, writer, was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago in 1923. After his secondary education at Naparima College, he worked with the Royal Navy Reserves and as a journalist with the Trinidad Guardian. He migrated to London in 1950 and established himself as a writer. He was a contributor to Caribbean Voices and became well known as the exponent of the Black immigrant experience in England. He relocated to Canada in 1978. Despite living in exile, he continued to make use of local d...