# Ian McDonald

> Ian Archie McDonald FRSL, AA was a poet and writer who described himself as "Antiguan by ancestry, Trinidadian by birth, Guyanese by adoption, and West Indian by conviction". His ancestry on his father's side was Antiguan and Kittitian, and Trinidadian on his mother's side. His only novel, The Humming-Bird Tree, first published in 1969, is considered a classic of Caribbean literature. He won the Guyana Prize for Literature three times for his poetry. He also received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of the West Indies and a Theatre Guild of Guyana Lifetime Achievement Award.

*Trinidad and Tobago writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ian-mcdonald-2

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Guyana
- **Born:** 1933-04-18
- **Died:** 2026-07-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ian Archie McDonald FRSL, AA was a poet and writer who described himself as "Antiguan by ancestry, Trinidadian by birth, Guyanese by adoption, and West Indian by conviction". His ancestry on his father's side was Antiguan and Kittitian, and Trinidadian on his mother's side. His only novel, The Humming-Bird Tree, first published in 1969, is considered a classic of Caribbean literature. He won the Guyana Prize for Literature three times for his poetry. He also received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of the West Indies and a Theatre Guild of Guyana Lifetime Achievement Award.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Ian McDonald (Guyanese writer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(Guyanese_writer))
- [Ian McDonald (Guyanischer Autor)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(Guyanischer_Autor))
- [Єн Макдональд (письменник)](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_(%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA))
- [Ian McDonald (lautan, 1933)](https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(lautan%2C_1933))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15497505)

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