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Guyanese literature has been produced by a number of authors, most of whom write in the English language. Many Guyanese-born writers have emigrated abroad. ==History of Guyanese literature== The first book written on Guyana, by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 16th century, was ''The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empyre of Guiana (With a Relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (Which the Spanyards call El Dorado) and of the Provinces of Emeria, Aromaia, Amapaia, and Other Countries, with Their Riulers, Adjoyning'' (Robert Robinson: London, 1596). One of the earliest and most notable Guyanese authors was Edgar Mittelholzer, author of ''Corentyne Thunder'' (1941). His works often deal with issues of interracial relations, particularly the strain between European and non-European Guyanese. Famous novelists include E. R. Braithwaite (author of ''To Sir, With Love'', 1959), Wilson Harris (author of ''Palace of the Peacock'', published in 1960 and followed by many other novels), Jan Carew, Roy Heath (author of works including the ''Georgetown Trilogy'' and ''The Shadow Bride''), and Michael Gilkes. They were succeeded by a new generation of writers from the 1980s onward, including Beryl Gilroy, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Jan Shinebourne, Cyril Dabydeen, Sasenarine Persaud, and David Dabydeen. Martin Carter is considered Guyana's greatest poet.〔(Al Creighton, "Martin Carter and his poems" ), ''Stabroek News'', 24 June 2012.〕 Michael Abbensetts is a noted playwright of works for the stage and television in the UK. Vincent Roth's two-volume memoirs, ''A Life in Guyana: Volume 1 - A Young Man's Journey, 1889-1923'' and ''A Life in Guyana: Volume 2 - Later Years, 1923-1935'' (edited by Michael Bennett), were published in 2002 by Peepal Tree Press. In more recent years, Pauline Melville has written fiction including ''The Ventriloquist's Tale'' (1997) and ''The Migration of Ghosts'' (1998), Oonya Kempadoo is the author of ''Buxton Spice'' (1998) and ''Tide Running'' (2001), and Sharon Maas has had published ''Of Marriageable Age'' (1999), ''Peacocks Dancing'' (2001) and ''The Speech of Angels'' (2003). The influential intellectual and historian Walter Rodney was Guyanese, his most important book being ''How Europe Underdeveloped Africa'' (1972). Travelling and teaching widely, he was a proponent of Pan-Africanism and a supporter of the downtrodden. Rodney returned to Guyana in 1974 and was active in the opposition movement, leading to his assassination in 1980. 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「Guyanese literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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