Austin Clarke

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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 Readings 2.1 Toronto Public Library's Canada Council Heritage Series 2.1.1 Malvern Branch (Toronto Public Library) 2.1.2 Cedarbrae Branch (Toronto Public Library) 3 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Survivors of the Crossing - 1964
• Amongst Thistles and Thorns - 1965
• 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

• 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] Readings

[edit] Toronto Public Library's Canada Council Heritage Series

[edit] Malvern Branch (Toronto Public Library)

30 Sewells Rd.

Toronto ON

416-396-8969

May 28, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

[edit] Cedarbrae Branch (Toronto Public Library)

545 Markham Rd.

Toronto ON

416-396-8850

May 30, 7 - 8:30 p.m

[edit] External links

• Famous Canadian Immigrant Authors
• Austin Clarke's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Order of Canada Citation

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