Austin Clarke (novelist)

Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke, CM, O.Ont ( born 1934 in Barbados ) is a afrokanadischer writer. He lives in Toronto.

Clarke grew up in Barbados and went to Canada in 1955 to study at the University of Toronto. After working as a journalist and radio reporter, he worked as a lecturer in creative writing at various U.S. universities. He officiated at times as cultural attache of Barbados in Washington, DC, but then settled in Toronto. In 1985, he participated in a Canadian citizen.

Works

• The Survivors of the Crossing (1964 )
• The Meeting Point (1967 )
• Storm of Fortune (1973 )
• The Bigger Light ( 1975)
• The Prime Minister (1977 )
• Proud Empires (1988 )
• The Origin of Waves (1997)
• The Question (1999)
• The Polished Hoe (2002)

• Amongst Thistles and Thorns (1965 )
• When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks (1971 )
• When Women Rule (1985 )
• Nine Men Who Laughed (1986 )
• In This City (1992 )
• There Are No Elders (1993 )

• Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack ( 1980 autobiography)
• Public Enemies: Police Violence and Black Youth (1992 )
• A Passage Back Home: A Personal Reminiscence of Samuel Selvon (1994 )
• Pigtails ' n Breadfruit (1999)

Awards

• W. O. Mitchell Award ( 1999)
• Scotiabank Giller Prize (2002)
• Trillium Book Award (2003) for The Polished Hoe
• Commonwealth Prize (2003)
• Toronto Book Awards (2009) for More