This is a list of Trinidad and Tobago writers, including writers either from or associated with Trinidad and Tobago.
A edit
- Claire Adam (born 1974)
- André Alexis (born 1957)
- Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s)
- Lauren K. Alleyne (born 1979)
- Michael Anthony (1930–2023)
- Robert Antoni (born 1958)
- William Archibald (1917–1970)
- Barbara Assoon (1929–2020)
B edit
- Kevin Baldeosingh (born 1963)
- Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016)
- Gérard Besson (1942–2023)
- Lloyd Best (1946–2016)
- Neil Bissoondath (born 1955)
- Dionne Brand (born 1953)
- Wayne Brown (born 1944)
- Cheryl Byron (1946–2016)
C edit
- Vahni Capildeo (born 1973)
- Michèle Pearson Clarke (born 1973)
- Nicole Craig (born 1974)
- Selwyn Cudjoe (born 1943)
D edit
- Ralph de Boissière (1946–2016)
E edit
- Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)
G edit
- Albert Gomes (1911–1978)
- Beatrice Greig (1869–)
- Rosa Guy (1922–2012)
H edit
- Errol Hill (1921–2003
- Merle Hodge (born 1944)
- Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)
J edit
- C. L. R. James (1901–1989)
- Barbara Jenkins
- Errol John (1901–1989)
- Amryl Johnson (1944–2001)
- Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
- Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
- Edward Lanzer Joseph (1792 or 1793–1838
K edit
- Roi Kwabena (1956–2008)
L edit
- Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973)
- John La Rose (1927–2006)
- Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
- John Lyons (born 1933)
M edit
- Ian McDonald (born 1933)
- Dionyse McTair (born 1950)
- Rabindranath Maharaj (born 1955)
- Ralph Maraj (born 1949)
- Tony Martin (1942–2013)
- Mustapha Matura (1939–2019)
- Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell[1]
- Olga Maynard (1913–1994)
- Alfred Mendes (1897–1991)
- Shani Mootoo (born 1957)
N edit
- Seepersad Naipaul (1906–1953)
- Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985)
- V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
- Elizabeth Nunez
P edit
- George Padmore (1903–1959)
- Leslie "Teacher" Palmer (born 1943)
- Kenneth Vidia Parmasad (1946–2006)
- Raoul Pantin (1943–2015)
- Lakshmi Persaud
- Michel Maxwell Philip (1829–1888)
- M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)
R edit
- Jennifer Rahim (born 1963)
- Kenneth Ramchand (born 1939)
- Raymond Ramcharitar
- Kevin Ramnarine
- Kris Rampersad
- Lennox Raphael (born 1939)
- E. M. Roach (1922–2012)
- Ronald Suresh Roberts (born 1968)
- Roger Robinson
- Monique Roffey (born 1965)
S edit
- Marina Salandy-Brown
- Sam Selvon (1923–1994)
- Raffique Shah (born 1946)
- Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966)
- Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944)
T edit
- Jeremy Taylor
- John Jacob Thomas (1841–1889)
W edit
- Derek Walcott (1930–2017)
- A. R. F. Webber (1911–1981)
- Eric Williams (1911–1981)
- Henry Sylvester Williams (1869–1911)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Flying T&T flag high", Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 27 June 2011.
External links edit
- "Writers", The Best of Trinidad and Tobago.