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Sam Selvon

Sam Selvon
Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (d. 1994)

Samuel Selvon 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.

20 May 1923

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