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 Chesterfield Clarke (born 1934) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born and raised in Barbados, later returning to Canada where he attended the University of Toronto. In 1998 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
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Works
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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
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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
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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 - 1999de:Austin Clarke
