Samuel Selvon
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Within Vinony's link graph, Samuel Selvon is referenced by 77 other articles, and connects out to Trinidad and Tobago, International Standard Book Number and Alberta.
It is catalogued under topics including 1923 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century journalists.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Ways of Sunlight
- Eldorado West One
- L'ASCENSION DE MOÏSE
- A brighter sun, a novel
- Lonely Londoners
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Sam Selvon in Full House — himself
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Place of birth
- San Fernando
- Place of death
- Trinidad
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Sam Selvon, 1952 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Port of Spain
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- date of birth
- 1923-05-20
- date of death
- 1994-04-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- Commons category
- Sam Selvon
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Connections
Trinidad and Tobago
Country
International Standard Book Number
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Alberta
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Chennai
City
BBC
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Port of Spain
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Wayback Machine
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digital object identifier
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English-language literature
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Tamil
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Zadie Smith
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University of Texas at Austin
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Google Doodle
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University of Warwick
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respiratory failure
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British Film Institute
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San Fernando
Entity
Hanif Kureishi
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University of Calgary
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syllabus
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Categories
1923 births1994 deaths20th-century journalists20th-century Trinidad and Tobago male writers20th-century Trinidad and Tobago novelistsBritish people of Indian descentInternational Writing Program alumniPeople associated with the University of DundeePeople educated at Naparima CollegePeople from San Fernando, Trinidad and TobagoRecipients of the Chaconia MedalRecipients of the Hummingbird MedalRoyal Naval Reserve personnelTrinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United KingdomTrinidad and Tobago journalistsTrinidad and Tobago people of Indian descent