George Lamming

George Lamming

OCC
Photo of Lamming by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
Photo of Lamming by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
BornGeorge William Lamming
(1927-06-08)8 June 1927
Carrington Village, Barbados
Died4 June 2022(2022-06-04) (aged 94)
Bridgetown, Barbados
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • poet
  • academic
NationalityBarbadian (Bajan)
Notable works
  • In the Castle of My Skin (1953)
  • The Emigrants (1954)
  • The Pleasures of Exile (1960)
  • Natives of my Person (1972)

George Lamming OCC (8 June 1927 – 4 June 2022) was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet.[1] He was best known for his 1953 novel In the Castle of My Skin.[2] He also was a professor at Duke University and a visiting professor in the Africana Studies Department of Brown University.[3]

Lamming died in Barbados on 4 June 2022, four days before his 95th birthday.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Lichtenstein, David P., "A Brief Biography of George Lamming", Literature of the Caribbean.
  2. ↑ Brown University, Africana Studies.
  3. ↑ Clarke, Sherrylyn, "Black History Month: George Lamming" Archived 2018-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, NationNews (Barbados), 13 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Lindo, Paula (4 June 2022). "Renowned novelist George Lamming dies at 94". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
  5. ↑ Kendy (4 June 2022). "Official funeral for literary giant George Lamming". NationNews. Retrieved 5 June 2022.


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