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Earl Lovelace

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Biography

Earl Lovelace is a Trinidadian writer. His books include the Caribbean classic The Dragon Can’t Dance, and Salt, winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His novel Is Just a Movie won the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the Grand Prize for Caribbean Literature from the Regional Council of Guadeloupe. He was the chief judge for the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize.

Awards

2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Overall Winner, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Years Attended

2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, Papillote Press

Earl Lovelace

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Earl Lovelace
2023
Sons of the Soil: Selvon Meets Stalin
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance Event
Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Big Black Box