Austin Clarke

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Austin Clarke is a Barbadian-Canadian novelist and short story writer renowned for his explorations of race, immigration, and Caribbean diasporic life in Canada.

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Austin Clarke canonical 3

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instanceOf journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
awardReceived Commonwealth Writers’ Prize ⓘ
Giller Prize ⓘ
Order of Canada ⓘ
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize ⓘ
Trillium Book Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Barbados ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-07-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-06-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Harrison College ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
employer Duke University ⓘ
Glendon College, York University ⓘ
linked to: Glendon Campus

University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
University of Western Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Western University

Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Barbadian ⓘ
Black Canadian ⓘ
familyName Clarke ⓘ
genre autobiographical writing ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
givenName Austin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryMovement Black Canadian literature ⓘ
Caribbean diaspora literature ⓘ
mainSubject Caribbean diaspora in Canada ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean Canadians

immigration ⓘ
postcolonial identity ⓘ
race ⓘ
name Austin Clarke ⓘ
notableWork Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack ⓘ
Nine Men Who Laughed ⓘ
Storm of Fortune ⓘ
The Bigger Light ⓘ
The Meeting Point ⓘ
The Polished Hoe ⓘ
The Question ⓘ
When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks ⓘ
occupation broadcaster ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. James, Barbados ⓘ
placeOfDeath Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
positionHeld cultural attaché for Barbados in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
writer-in-residence at University of Toronto ⓘ
writer-in-residence at University of Western Ontario ⓘ
residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clarke → hasNotableBearer → Austin Clarke ⓘ
Belvedere College → notableAlumnus → Austin Clarke ⓘ
Austin Clarke → name → Austin Clarke ⓘ