Postmodern
George Lamming
1927 – 2022
Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet (1927–2022)
- Barbados
- Caribbean
- Postcolonial Literature
About
George William Lamming OCC was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet. He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin, his 1953 debut novel. He also held academic posts, including as a distinguished visiting professor at Duke University and a visiting professor in the Africana Studies Department of Brown University, and lectured extensively worldwide.
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