Austin Clarke

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This article is about Austin Clarke, the Canadian novelist. For the Irish poet of the same name see: Austin Clarke (poet).

Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke, CM , O.Ont (born 26 July 1934) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. Born in St. James, Barbados, in 1955 Clarke moved to Canada, where he attended the University of Toronto. He was a reporter in the Ontario communities of Timmins and Kirkland, before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and eventually became a freelance journalist. In 1998, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He won the Giller Prize for The Polished Hoe in 2002, as well as the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2003.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Short stories 1.3 Non-fiction 2 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Survivors of the Crossing - 1964
• The Meeting Point - 1967
• Storm of Fortune - 1973
• The Bigger Light - 1975
• The Prime Minister - 1977
• Proud Empires - 1988
• The Origin of Waves - 1997 (winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize)
• The Question - 1999 (nominated for a Governor General's Award in 2000)
• The Polished Hoe - 2002 (winner of the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize)

[edit] Short stories

• Amongst Thistles and Thorns - 1965
• When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks - 1971
• When Women Rule - 1985
• Nine Men Who Laughed - 1986
• In This City 1992
• There Are No Elders - 1993
• Choosing His Coffin - 2003

[edit] Non-fiction

• Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack 1980
• Public Enemies: Police Violence and Black Youth - 1992
• A Passage Back Home: A Personal Reminiscence of Samuel Selvon - 1994
• Pigtails 'n' Breadfruit - 1999

[edit] External links

• Order of Canada Citation