Samuel Dickson Selvon was a Trinidad-born writer, who moved to London, England, in 1950. His 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "nation language", for narrative as well as dialogue.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1994 · aged 70
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