George William Lamming (1927-06-08)8 June 1927 Carrington Village, Barbados
Died
4 June 2022(2022-06-04) (aged 94) Bridgetown, Barbados
Occupation
Novelist
essayist
poet
academic
Nationality
Barbadian (Bajan)
Notable works
In the Castle of My Skin (1953)
The Emigrants (1954)
The Pleasures of Exile (1960)
Natives of my Person (1972)
Spouse
Nina Ghent
(m. 1950, divorced)
George William Lamming OCC (8 June 1927 – 4 June 2022) was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet.[1] He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin, his 1953 debut novel.[2] 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,[3] and lectured extensively worldwide.[4]
^Lichtenstein, David P., "A Brief Biography of George Lamming", Literature of the Caribbean.
^"Kenyan author, activist Ngügï Wa Thiong'o joins visiting scholar as part of Brown University's Focus On Africa". Africana Studies. Brown University. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008.
^Clarke, Sherrylyn, "Black History Month: George Lamming" Archived 2 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, NationNews (Barbados), 13 February 2014.
^"George Lamming is Chief Judge of the Inaugural Walter Rodney Creative Writing Award", Walter Rodney Foundation, 15 February 2014.
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