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austin clarke novelist wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life and education 2 career 3 selected awards and honours 4 bibliography toggle bibliography subsection 4 1 novels 4 2 short story collections 4 3 poetry 4 4 memoirs 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents austin clarke novelist 11 languages العربية مصرى تۆرکجه deutsch فارسی français italiano polski simple english اردو tiếng việt edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia barbadian writer 1934 2016 for the irish poet who also wrote novels see austin clarke poet austin clarke cm oont born austin ardinel chesterfield clarke 1934 07 26 july 26 1934 st james barbados died june 26 2016 2016 06 26 aged 81 toronto ontario canada education trinity college toronto occupations novelist short story writer essayist writing career period 1960s 2016 notable work the polished hoe 2002 austin ardinel chesterfield tom clarke cm oont july 26 1934 june 26 2016 1 was a barbadian novelist essayist and short story writer who was based in toronto ontario canada among his notable books are novels such as the polished hoe 2002 memoirs including membering 2015 and two collections of poetry where the sun shines best 2013 and in your crib 2015 early life and education edit austin clarke was born in 1934 in st james barbados where he received his early education in anglican schools 2 he taught at a rural school for three years in 1955 he moved to canada and attended the university of toronto s trinity college for two years 2 3 career edit clarke was a reporter at the timmins daily press and the globe and mail before joining the canadian broadcasting corporation as a freelance journalist he subsequently taught at several american universities including yale university hoyt fellow 1968 1970 duke university 1971 1972 and the university of texas visiting professor 1973 and helped establish black studies programs at several universities 4 5 3 in 1973 he was designated cultural attaché at the barbadian embassy in washington dc and later became general manager of the caribbean broadcasting corporation in barbados 1975 1977 6 he was writer in residence at concordia university montreal quebec 1977 and at the university of western ontario 1978 4 he became a canadian citizen in 1981 2 from 1988 to 1993 he served on the immigration and refugee board of canada 7 he was not the first canadian writer of african origin with that distinction belonging to 19th century author amelia e johnson however george elliott clarke says that clarke was the author of african descent in english in canada that anyone who was interested in being a writer would have to be aware of and challenge as well 3 in september 2012 at the international festival of authors clarke was announced as the winner of the 10 000 harbourfront festival prize on the merits of his published work and efforts in fostering literary talent in new and aspiring writers 8 9 previous recipients of the award established in 1984 include dionne brand wayson choy christopher dewdney helen humphreys paul quarrington peter robinson seth jane urquhart and guy vanderhaeghe clarke was reported as saying i rejoiced when i saw that authors at harbourfront centre had named me this year s winner of the harbourfront festival prize i did not come to this city on september 29 1959 as a writer i came as a student however my career as a writer buried any contention of being a scholar and i thank authors at harbourfront centre for saving me from the more painful life of the gradual student it is an honour to be part of such a prestigious list of authors 10 an outspoken intellectual he avoided talking about multiculturalism hoping that his own term omniculturalism could be accepted by people from both the political left and right 3 he ran as a progressive conservative candidate in the 1977 ontario general election 2 clarke died on june 26 2016 at the age of 81 in toronto 11 12 13 14 selected awards and honours edit 1980 casa de las américas prize cuba 1992 toronto arts award for lifetime achievement in literature 1997 lifetime achievement award from frontier college in toronto 1998 member of the order of canada 1999 martin luther king jr achievement award for excellence in writing 1999 w o mitchell literary prize 2002 giller prize for the polished hoe 2 2003 commonwealth writers prize 2009 toronto book award for more 2012 harbourfront festival prize bibliography edit novels edit the survivors of the crossing toronto mcclelland stewart 1964 amongst thistles and thorns toronto mcclelland stewart 1965 the meeting point toronto macmillan 1967 boston little brown 1972 storm of fortune boston little brown 1973 the bigger light boston little brown 1975 the prime minister don mills ont general publishing 1977 proud empires london gollancz 1986 penguin viking 1988 isbn 978 0670817566 the origin of waves mcclelland stewart 1997 winner of the rogers writers trust fiction prize the question toronto mcclelland stewart 1999 nominated for a governor general s award the polished hoe toronto thomas allen 2002 winner of the giller prize and the commonwealth writers prize more 2008 winner of the city of toronto book award short story collections edit when he was free and young and he used to wear silks toronto anansi 1971 revised edition little brown 1973 when women rule toronto mcclelland stewart 1985 nine men who laughed toronto mcclelland stewart 1986 in this city toronto exile editions 1992 there are no elders toronto exile editions 1993 the austin clarke reader ed barry callaghan toronto exile editions 1996 choosing his coffin the best stories of austin clarke toronto thomas allen 2003 they never told me and other stories holstein on exile editions 2013 canadian experience toronto exile editions 1994 poetry edit where the sun shines best toronto guernica editions 2013 in your crib toronto guernica editions 2015 memoirs edit growing up stupid under the union jack a memoir toronto mcclelland stewart 1980 thomas allen 2005 isbn 978 0887621888 a stranger in a strange land the globe and mail toronto 15 august 1990 p 30 public enemies police violence and black youth toronto harpercollins 1992 a passage back home a personal reminiscence of samuel selvon toronto exile editions 1994 pigtails n breadfruit a culinary memoir new press 1999 as pigtails n breadfruit the rituals of slave food a barbadian memoir toronto random house 1999 university of toronto press 2001 pig tails n breadfruit anniversary edition ian randle publishers 2014 isbn 978 9766378820 love and sweet food a culinary memoir toronto thomas allen 2004 isbn 978 0887621536 membering toronto dundurn press 2015 15 references edit obituary austin clarke author the scotsman 27 june 2016 archived from the original on 1 september 2018 1 2 3 4 5 whyte murray 26 june 2016 acclaimed toronto author austin clarke dead at 81 toronto star archived from the original on 3 june 2023 1 2 3 4 enright michael 17 february 2019 revisiting austin clarke s novel about memory migration and a chance encounter radio program cbc 1 2 austin c clarke gale contemporary black biography austin clarke archived june 6 2012 at the wayback machine the canadian encyclopedia austin clarke alliaougana festival website 2010 austin clarke biography at bim literary festival and book fair 2012 irish paul 28 september 2012 austin clarke wins harbourfront festival prize thestar com medley mark 27 september 2012 austin clarke wins harbourfront festival prize national post austin clarke named recipient of the harbourfront festival prize archived july 7 2015 at the wayback machine open book toronto september 28 2012 best tony 26 june 2016 tom clarke passes the daily nation archived from the original on 1 april 2019 austin clarke obituary 1934 2016 legacy remembers national post 5 july 2016 archived from the original on 13 august 2016 austin clarke author of the polished hoe dead at 81 cbc news 26 june 2016 archived from the original on 3 january 2017 austin clarke canadian author who explored black experience dies at 81 the new york times associated press 27 june 2016 archived from the original on 24 october 2016 membering page archived 2016 03 04 at the wayback machine at dundurn external links edit austin clarke interview by linda richards january magazine november 2002 famous canadian immigrant authors austin clarke s entry in the canadian encyclopedia order of canada citation archived austin clarke english canadian writers athabasca university carol brennan austin c clarke gale contemporary black biography austin clarke fonds search research collections mcmaster university library william ready division of archives and research collections retrieved 4 june 2020 v t e commonwealth writers prize best book winners 1987 1989 olive senior 1987 festus iyayi 1988 janet frame 1989 1990 1999 mordecai richler 1990 david malouf 1991 rohinton mistry 1992 alex miller 1993 vikram seth 1994 louis de bernières 1995 rohinton mistry 1996 earl lovelace 1997 peter carey 1998 murray bail 1999 2000 2009 j m coetzee 2000 peter carey 2001 richard flanagan 2002 austin clarke 2003 caryl phillips 2004 andrea levy 2005 kate grenville 2006 lloyd jones 2007 lawrence hill 2008 christos tsiolkas 2009 2010 2011 rana dasgupta 2010 aminatta forna 2011 v t e recipients of the giller prize 1990s m g vassanji the book of secrets 1994 rohinton mistry a fine balance 1995 margaret atwood alias grace 1996 mordecai richler barney s version 1997 alice munro the love of a good woman 1998 bonnie burnard a good house 1999 2000s michael ondaatje anil s ghost david adams richards mercy among the children 2000 richard b wright clara callan 2001 austin clarke the polished hoe 2002 m g vassanji the in between world of vikram lall 2003 alice munro runaway 2004 david bergen the time in between 2005 vincent lam bloodletting miraculous cures 2006 elizabeth hay late nights on air 2007 joseph boyden through black spruce 2008 linden macintyre the bishop s man 2009 2010s johanna skibsrud the sentimentalists 2010 esi edugyan half blood blues 2011 will ferguson 419 2012 lynn coady hellgoing 2013 sean michaels us conductors 2014 andré alexis fifteen dogs 2015 madeleine thien do not say we have nothing 2016 michael redhill bellevue square 2017 esi 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