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Lawrence Scott (born in Trinidad, 1943) is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer from Trinidad & Tobago, who divides his time between London and Port of Spain.〔(Lawrence Scott, "Region, Location and Aesthetics: An Interview" ), in Michael Niblett and Kerstin Oloff (eds), ''Perspectives on the 'other America': Comparative Approaches to Caribbean and Latin American Culture'', Editions Rodopi, 2009, pp. 257–70.〕 His novels have been awarded (1998) and short-listed (1992, 2004) for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and thrice nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (for ''Aelred's Sin'' in 2000,〔(2000 Longlist ), International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.〕 ''Night Calypso'' in 2006〔(2006 Longlist ), International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.〕 and ''Light Falling on Bamboo'' in 2014).〔(The Nominees ), International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014.〕 His stories have been much anthologised and he won the Tom-Gallon Short-Story Award in 1986. ==Biography== Born in Trinidad on a sugarcane estate〔(Tindal Street Press author page. )〕 where his father was the manager for Tate & Lyle,〔Gemma Bowes, ("Writer Lawrence Scott on Trinidad: carnival, calypso and ecotourism" ), ''The Guardian'', 24 April 2015.〕 Scott is a descendant of Trinidad's French and German creoles. "His father's side came from Germany in the 1830s and were called Schoener. His mother's family, the Lange dynasty, were French-descended and part of an established white Creole community."〔Stewart Brown, (''The Caribbean Voice'' ) profile of Lawrence Scott.〕 Scott was educated at Boys' RC School, San Fernando, Trinidad (1950–54), and by the Benedictine monks at the Abbey School, Mount Saint Benedict, Tunapuna (1955–62), before leaving at the age of 19 for England.〔Lawrence Scott, ("The Visit" ), "These Immigrants: Writers tell stories of their own migrations", Commonwealth Writers, 8 December 2014.〕 There he attended Prinknash Abbey, Gloucester, studying philosophy and theology (1963–67), St Clare's Hall Oxford, gaining a BA Hons. degree in English Language & Literature (1968–72), and Manchester University, earning a Certificate in Education, English & Drama (Distinction) in 1972–73.〔(Biography, Lawrence Scott website. )〕 Between 1973 and 2006 Scott worked as a teacher (of English and Drama) at various schools in London and in Trinidad, including Sedgehill, London; Thomas Calton Comprehensive, London; Presentation College, San Fernando, Trinidad; Aranguez Junior Secondary, Trinidad; Tulse Hill Comprehensive and Archbishop Tenison's, London. Between 1983 and 2006 he taught Literature and Creative Writing at City & Islington Sixth Form College, London.〔 He was a Writer-in-Residence at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 2004. In 2006–09 he was a senior research fellow of The Academy for Arts, Letters, Culture and Public Affairs at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). His academic research has included the Golconda Research/Writing Project, an oral history project in Trinidad.〔Marina Salandy-Brown, ("Golconda's living history" ), ''Newsday'' (Trinidad & Tobago), 5 November 2009.〕 He has also researched extensively the life and times of Trinidad's 19th-century artist Michel-Jean Cazabon,〔(Samantha Noel, "Scott reflects on Cazabon connection" ), ''Trinidad Guardian'', 27 June 2007.〕 which work informs his 2012 novel ''Light Falling on Bamboo''.〔("Light Falling on Bamboo" (review) ), Historical Novel Society.〕 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「Lawrence Scott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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