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George Lamming


Born
in Carrington Village, Barbados
June 08, 1927

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Politics

Influences
Frank Collymore


George Lamming was born in the Caribbean island of Barbados on June 8, 1927. He attended The Combermere School which has produced other Barbadian literary icons including Frank Collymore and Austin Clarke. He left that island for Trinidad in 1946, teaching school until 1950. He then emigrated to England where, for a short time, he worked in a factory. In 1951 he became a broadcaster for the BBC Colonial Service. He entered academia in 1967 as a writer-in-residence and lecturer in the Creative Arts Centre and Department of Education at the University of the West Indies.

Since then, he has has served as a Visiting Professor and Writer-in-Residence at the City University of New York. He has worked as a faculty member and lecturer at the Univer ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 1,411 ratings · 121 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors
In the Castle of My Skin
3.71 avg rating — 1,053 ratings — published 1953 — 37 editions
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The Pleasures of Exile
3.80 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1984 — 14 editions
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The Emigrants
3.27 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions
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Water with berries
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions
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Natives of My Person
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1971 — 15 editions
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Season of Adventure
3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
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Of age and innocence
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SOVEREIGNTY OF THE IMAGINAT...
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The Occasion for Speaking -...
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A Wedding in Spring
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“The darkness brought a strange kind of release, and you wished secretly in your heart that darkness would descend on the whole earth so that you could get a chance to see how much energy there was stored in your little self. You could get a chance to leave the cage. You would be free.”
― George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin
tags: cage, dark, darkness, freedom, soul
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“The newspaper was always behind the news, not in front. You shouldn't ever go to the papers for information. They usually printed what they thought people wanted to see, and they had no explanation to give. It wasn't the king they saw. That wasn't the king at all. It was the king's shadow.”
― George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin
tags: king, media, monarchy, news, newspaper
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“A sailor called Christopher followed his mistake and those who come later have added theirs. Now he's dead, and as some say of the dead, safe and sound in the legacy of the grave. 'Tis a childish saying, for they be yet present with the living. (211)”
― George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin
tags: christopher-columbus, colonialism, columbus, george-lamming, history, in-the-castle-of-my-skin, legacy
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