Fred d'Agyuar ( born Fred D'Aguiar , February 2, 1960 , London ) is a Guyanese writer.
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Biography
Parents are Guyanese. In 1962 - 1972 he lived in Guyana with his grandmother. He graduated from the University of Kent with a degree in African and Caribbean Studies ( 1985 ). He began working at the University of Warwick on a dissertation on the work of Wilson Harris , but, having won scholarships to the place of a guest writer in Cambridge and Birmingham , he gave up his dissertation and took up independent work. He spent two years ( 1989 - 1990 ) in Cambridge, then another two years - as a guest writer in Amherst . He taught at Bates College ( 1994 - 1995 ), at the University of Miami . In 2003, he received a position as a professor of English literature and a co-head of an MA in art at the Virginia Polytechnic .
Creativity
He made his debut in 1985 with a book of poems that attracted the attention of critics. In 1994, he published the historical novel The Longest Memory , which received a number of awards.
The novels of the writer are translated into many languages, including Hebrew.
Artwork
- 1985 . Mama Dot . London: Chatto & Windus (book of poems; Malcolm X Award for Poetry, Guyana Poetry Award)
- 1987 . High Life (play)
- 1988 . The New British Poetry 1968-88. Edited with Gillian Allnutt, Ken Edwards and Eric Mottram
- 1989 . Airy Hall . London: Chatto & Windus (book of poems, Guyana Poetry Award; reprint. 2007 ).
- 1993 . British Subjects . London: Bloodaxe (Book of Poems)
- 1994 . The Longest Memory . London: Chatto & Windus ( Whitbread Prize for first novel; TV screen)
- 1995 . A Jamaican Airman Foresees His Death . London: Methuen (play)
- 1996 . Dear Future . London: Chatto & Windus (novel, Guyana Literary Award)
- 1997 . Feeding the Ghosts . London: Chatto & Windus (novel; James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist)
- 1998 . Bill of rights . London: Chatto & Windus (poem)
- 2000 . Bloodlines London: Chatto & Windus (poem)
- 2001 . An English Sampler: New and Selected Poems (Book of Poems)
- 2004 . Bethany Bettany , 2003. London: Chatto & Windus (historical novel)
- 2009 . Continental Shelf . Oxford: Carcanet (Book of Poems; T. S. Eliot Award Shortlist)
Notes
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2010.
Literature
- Ward AL Caryl Phillips , David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar: representations of slavery. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 2011