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David Dabydeen
Guyanese writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1955 · age 70
David Dabydeen FRSL is a Guyanese-born broadcaster, novelist, poet and academic. He was formerly Guyana's Ambassador to UNESCO from 1997 to 2010, and was the youngest Member of the UNESCO Executive Board (1993-1997), elected by the General Council of all Member States of UNESCO.
David Dabydeen is read about 14 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 October 2026
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He was appointed Guyana's Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinaire to China, from 2010 to 2015. He is one of the longest serving diplomats in the history of Guyana, most of his work done in a voluntary unpaid capacity. He is a cousin of Guyana-born Canadian writer Cyril Dabydeen.
