Alfred Hubert Mendes MM (18 November 1897 – 1991) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian novelist and short-story writer. He was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers (named after the literary magazine The Beacon) in Trinidad and Tobago which included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière. Mendes is best known as the author of two novels — Pitch Lake (1934) and Black Fauns (1935) — and for his short stories written during the 1920s and 1930s. He was "one of the first West Indian writers to set the pattern of emigration in the face of the lack of publishing houses and the small reading public in the West Indies."[1] Mendes' experiences in World War I would serve as the inspiration for the 2019 film 1917, written and directed by his grandson Sam Mendes.
^Michael Hughes, "Mendes, Alfred Hubert", A Companion to West Indian Literature, Collins, 1979 (ISBN 9780003252804), pp. 88–89.
a Portuguese Creole family, and the son of Isabella Mendes (née Jardine) and AlfredMendes. Mendes was educated in Port of Spain until 1912, then at the...
Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE...
Mendes Brothers, Anil Kumar, Titta Pretto, H. Britton, Paul Romy, and various others. These performances garnered her recognition and acclaim. Mendes...
American-British war film based in part on an account told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather, AlfredMendes, and chronicles the story of two young British soldiers...
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alarming symbol. Mendes is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet. Lévi equates his image with "The Goat of Mendes", possibly following...
Ballard. It stars Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and it is loosely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers...
Jenkins, sprinter Andrew Lewis, sailor Rory McKenzie, footballer AlfredMendes, writer Sam Mendes, director Peter Minshall, artistry Sean De Silva, footballer...
designer Teresa Lourenco (Lourenço), model AlfredMendes, novelist and writer Gene Miles, political activist Sam Mendes, film and stage director, producer, and...
La Rose Earl Lovelace John Lyons Rabindranath Maharaj Ian McDonald AlfredMendes Shani Mootoo Shiva Naipaul V. S. Naipaul Elizabeth Nunez Lakshmi Persaud...
his career, he has collaborated extensively with directors such as Sam Mendes, Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont, Steven Soderbergh, Jon Avnet, John Madden...
Society of Trinidad Independents; other members included C. L. R. James, AlfredMendes, Albert Gomes, Ivy Achoy, and Hugh Stollmeyer, with whom she would go...
Rabindranath Maharaj Ian McDonald Ralph Maraj Tony Martin Mustapha Matura AlfredMendes Shani Mootoo Balkrishna Naipaul Shiva Naipaul V. S. Naipaul George Padmore...
kind in the country, with contributors that included C. L. R. James, AlfredMendes and Ralph de Boissière. The Beacon was controversial and iconoclastic...
Mendes Antonette Mendes M. Boyer Kid Boxer A. R. Souza Ferrão Remmie Colaço Cyriaco Dias Star of Arossim Titta Pretto Rico Rod Seby Coutinho Alfred Rose...
Henry Alfred Kissinger (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat, political scientist, geopolitical consultant, and politician who served...
Mendes had the opportunity to meet Antonette Mendes, a Konkani actress who portrayed his sister in the movie. Instantly captivated by her, Mendes soon...
Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by David Self, based on the first volume of the graphic novel...
Brathwaite, Austin Clarke, Ian McDonald, Gloria Escoffery, John Figueroa, AlfredMendes Derek Walcott and V. S. Naipaul. According to Naipaul, Swanzy brought...
Mendes, who was professionally known as Young Mendes and was also involved in the Konkani theater industry as an actor and playwright. It was Mendes himself...
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