Samuel selvon biography novels

Biography

Trinidadian Authors & Artists

Date of Birth (DOB): 5/20/1923
Died: 4/16/94
From: Trinidad and Tobago
Best Known for: Author of A Brighter Sun and the Lonely Londoners

Bio: Samuel Selvon, author of novels, plays, film, television, and radio, was born in 1923 in South Trinidad to an Indian father and an Indian-Scottish mother.

He graduated from San Fernando's Naparima College in 1938.

He began writing fiction and poetry while he served in the Royal Navy reserve during World War II. After the war, he began his literary carer as the fiction editor of the Trinity Guardian's literary magazine until he journeyed to Britain in 1950.

In London his short stories and poetry were published in various journals and newspapers, including the London Magazine, New Statesman, and the Nation. He also had success with his writing for other media. He worked extensively with the British Broadcasting Corporation during the 1960's and 1970's to produce two televis