Part one of term paper
Samuel Selvon, author of novels, plays, film, television, and radio, was born in 1923 in South Trinidad to an Indian father and an Indian/Scottish mother. He grew up in Trinidad's multi-racial society and graduated from San Fernando's Naparima College in 1938. Selvon began writing fiction and poetry while he served in the Royal Navy Reserve ...

Part two of term paper
... novel, A BRIGHTER SUN, was published by Wingate Press in 1952, and since then he has published several other novels, including THE LONELY LONDONERS (1956), I HEAR THUNDER (1963), THE PLAINS OF CARONI (1970), MOSES ASCENDING (1975), and EL DORADO WEST ONE (1988). Selvon's works chronicle the West Indian experience in England with recurring themes of alienation, discrimination, and racial tension. Selvon has also had success with his writings for other media. He worked extensively with the British Br ...