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Edgar Mittelholzer

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Guyanese writer

WritersLived 1909 to 1965 · aged 55
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Edgar Austin Mittelholzer was a Guyanese novelist. He is the earliest professional novelist from the English-speaking Caribbean. He was able to develop a readership in Europe and North America, as well as the Caribbean; and established himself in London, where he lived almost exclusively by writing fiction.

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1952Guggenheim Fellowship

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Edgar Austin Mittelholzer was a Guyanese novelist. He is the earliest professional novelist from the English-speaking Caribbean. He was able to develop a readership in Europe and North America, as well as the Caribbean; and established himself in London, where he lived almost exclusively by writing fiction. He was considered in 1979 as "the most prolific novelist to be produced by the Caribbean".

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Lived 1909 to 1965 · aged 55
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