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Earl Lovelace (born 13 July 1935) is an award-winning Trinidadian novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer. He is particularly recognized for his descriptive, dramatic fiction on Trinidadian culture: "Using Trinidadian dialect patterns and standard English, he probes the paradoxes often inherent in social change as well as the clash between rural and urban cultures."〔("Earl Lovelace" ), ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''.〕 As Bernardine Evaristo notes, "Lovelace is unusual among celebrated Caribbean writers in that he has always lived in Trinidad. Most writers leave to find support for their literary endeavours elsewhere and this, arguably, shapes the literature, especially after long periods of exile. But Lovelace's fiction is deeply embedded in Trinidadian society and is written from the perspective of one whose ties to his homeland have never been broken."〔Bernardine Evaristo, ("Is Just a Movie by Earl Lovelace – review. An incisive and witty portrait of Trinidadian society..." ), ''The Guardian'' (London), 29 January 2011.〕 ==Biography== Born in Toco, Trinidad and Tobago, Earl Lovelace was sent to live with his grandparents in Tobago at a very young age, but rejoined his family in Toco when he was 11 years old. His family later moved to Belmont, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and then Morvant.〔("Earl Lovelace" ), Best of Trinidad.〕 Lovelace attended Scarborough Methodist Primary School, Scarborough, Tobago (1940–47), Nelson Street Boys, R.C., Port of Spain (1948), and Ideal High School, Port of Spain (1948–53, where he sat the Cambridge School Certificate). He worked at the ''Trinidad Guardian'' as a proofreader from 1953 to 1954, and then for the Department of Forestry (1954-56) and the Ministry of Agriculture (1956–66). He began writing while stationed in the village of Valencia as a forest ranger.〔 In 1962 his first novel, ''While Gods Are Falling'', won the Trinidad and Tobago Independence literary competition sponsored by British Petroleum (BP). From 1966 to 1967, Lovelace studied at Howard University, Washington, DC, and in 1974 he received an MA in English from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, where he was also Visiting Novelist. Winning a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980, he spent the year as a visiting writer at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.〔("Cultural Icons: Earl Lovelace" ), Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.〕 He taught at Federal City College (now University of the District of Columbia), Washington, DC (1971-73), and from 1977 to 1987 he lectured in literature and creative writing at the University of the West Indies at St Augustine. He was appointed Writer-in-Residence in England by the London Arts Board (1995-96), a visiting lecturer in the Africana Studies Department at Wellesley College, Massachusetts (1996-97), and was Distinguished Novelist in the Department of English at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington (1999–2004). Lovelace was Trinidad and Tobago's artistic director for Carifesta, held in the country in 1992, 1995 and 2006.〔Peter Richards, ("Carifesta Overcomes a Comedy of Errors" ), Inter Press Service, 11 October 2006.〕〔("Carifesta IX in Trinidad" ), The Junction Blog, September 17, 2006.〕〔("Some Poetry News – CARIFESTA" ), Scavella's Blogsphere.〕 He is a columnist for the ''Trinidad Express'', and has contributed to a number of periodicals, including ''Voices'', ''South'', and ''Wasafiri''. Based in Trinidad, while teaching and touring various countries, he was appointed to the Board of Governors of the University of Trinidad and Tobago in 2005, the year his 70th birthday was honoured with a conference and celebrations at the University of the West Indies. He is the president of the Association of Caribbean Writers.〔("St. Lucia expected to participate in 4th Congress of Caribbean Writers in Guadeloupe" ), St. Lucia News Online, 7 April 2015.〕〔("4th edition of the Congress of Caribbean Writers, one of the most 'popular' editions ever!" ), ''Bajan Reporter'', 28 April 2015.〕 Lovelace is the subject of a 2014 documentary film by Funso Aiyejina entitled ''A Writer In His Place''.〔Verdel Bishop, ("A place for Lovelace" ), ''Trinidad Express Newspapers'', 7 April 2014.〕〔 Katy Stickland, ("Lovelace – ‘A Writer in his Place’" ), ''Tobago News'', 12 October 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Earl Lovelace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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