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Eric D. Walrond

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Guyanese writer (1898-1966)

United StatesWritersLived 1898 to 1966 · aged 67
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Eric Derwent Walrond was an Afro-Caribbean writer and journalist. A member of the Harlem Renaissance, he was well-travelled, moving early in life to live in Barbados, then Panama, New York City, and eventually England.

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Walrond's grave in Abney Park Cemetery, LondonWalrond's grave in Abney Park Cemetery, London

Awards 2

1928Guggenheim Fellowship
William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes

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About this person

Eric Derwent Walrond was an Afro-Caribbean writer and journalist. A member of the Harlem Renaissance, he was well-travelled, moving early in life to live in Barbados, then Panama, New York City, and eventually England. His work, which spanned both fiction and non-fiction, was often concerned with the Caribbean diaspora and the brutal, global consequences of racism, imperialism, and slavery.

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United States
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Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1966 · aged 67
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5 languages

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