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Samuel Selvon (20 May 1923–16 April 1994)〔("Samuel Selvon" ), Encyclopædia Britannica.〕 was a Trinidad-born writer. His 1956's novel ''The Lonely Londoners'' is ground-breaking in its use of creolised English, or "nation language", for narrative as well as dialogue. ==Life and work== Samuel Dickson Selvon was born in San Fernando in the south of Trinidad, the sixth of seven children.〔Kenneth Ramchand, ("Selvon, Samuel Dickson (1923–1994)" ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2006. Accessed 19 November 2014.〕 His parents were East Indian: his father was a first-generation Christian immigrant from Madras and his mother's father was Scottish.〔Louis James, ("Obituary: Sam Selvon" ), ''The Independent'', 20 April 1994.〕 He was educated at Naparima College, San Fernando, before leaving at the age of 15 to work. He was a wireless operator with the local branch of the Royal Naval Reserve from 1940 to 1945. Thereafter, he moved north to Port of Spain, and from 1945 to 1950, worked for the ''Trinidad Guardian'' as a reporter and for a time on its literary page. In this period, he began writing stories and descriptive pieces, mostly under a variety of pseudonyms including Michael Wentworth, Esses, Ack-Ack, and Big Buffer.〔(Author profile ) at Peepal Tree Press.〕 Much of this early writing is to be found in ''Foreday Morning'' (eds Kenneth Ramchand and Susheila Nasta, 1989). Selvon moved to London, England, in the 1950s, where he worked as a clerk for the Indian Embassy, while writing in his spare time.〔 His short stories and poetry appeared in various publications, including the ''London Magazine'', ''New Statesman'', and ''The Nation''. In London he also worked with the BBC, producing two television scripts, ''Anansi the Spiderman'', and ''Home Sweet India''.〔("Samuel Selvon" ), Caribbean Hall of Fame.〕 In the late 1970s Selvon moved to Alberta, Canada, and found a job teaching creative writing as a visiting professor at the University of Victoria. When that job ended, he took a job as a janitor at the University of Calgary in Alberta for a few months, before becoming writer-in-residence there. He was largely ignored by the Canadian literary establishment, with his works receiving no reviews during his residency. On a return trip to Trinidad Selvon died of respiratory failure due to extensive bronchopneumonia and chronic lung disease on 16 April 1994 at Piarco International Airport; his ashes were subsequently interred at the University of the West Indies cemetery, St Augustine, Trinidad.〔 Selvon married twice: in 1947 to Draupadi Persaud, with whom he had one daughter, and in 1963 to Althea Daroux, with whom he had two sons and one daughter. 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「Sam Selvon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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