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List of Guyanese writers
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Khalil Rahman Ali
(b. 1950)
A
Michael Abbensetts
(1938–2016)
John Agard
(b. 1949)
Arif Ali
(b. 1935)
Andaiye
(1942–2019)
B
Harold Bascom
[
1
]
Dale Bisnauth
(1936–2013)
E. R. Braithwaite
(1912–2016)
C
N. E. Cameron
(1903–1983)
Jan Carew
(1920–2012)
Martin Carter
(1927–1997)
Brian Chan
[
1
]
Bertram Charles
(1937–1994)
D
Fred D'Aguiar
(b. 1960)
Cyril Dabydeen
(b. 1945)
David Dabydeen
(b. 1955)
Mahadai Das
(b. 1954)
O. R. Dathorne
(1934–2007)
David de Caires
(1937–2008)
Raywat Deonandan
[
2
]
Brenda DoHarris
(b. 1946)
G
Michael Gilkes
(1933–2020)
Beryl Gilroy
(1924–2001)
David A. Granger
(b. 1945)
Cy Grant
(1919–2010)
Stanley Greaves
(b. 1935)
H
Wilson Harris
(1921–2018)
Kingsley Ormonde Harrop-Williams
(1932–2020)
Roy Heath
(1926–2008)
Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson
(1934–1993)
Eric Lindbergh Huntley
(born 1925)
J
Janet Jagan
(1920–2009)
George James
(1893–1956)
Meiling Jin
(b. 1956)
Ruel Johnson
K
Laxmi Kallicharan
(1951–2002)
Kampta Karran
(d. 2013)
Oonya Kempadoo
(b. 1966)
Peter Kempadoo
(1926–2019)
Harischandra Khemraj
(b. 1944)
Karen King-Aribisala
Freddie Kissoon
(b. 1951)
Eusi Kwayana
(b. 1925)
M
Sharon Maas
(b. 1951)
Yolanda T. Marshall
(b. 1978)
Egbert Martin
(1861–1890)
Wordsworth McAndrew
(1936–2008)
Ian McDonald
(b. 1933)
Mark McWatt
(b. 1947)
Marc Matthews
(b. 1940s)
Pauline Melville
(b. 1948)
Edgar Mittelholzer
(1909–1965)
Paloma Mohamed
[
2
]
Rooplal Monar
[
3
]
N
Moses Nagamootoo
(b. 1947)
Grace Nichols
(b. 1950)
Elly Niland
(b. 1954)
P
Mike Phillips
(b. 1941)
R
Peter Ramsaroop
(b. 1962)
Angus Richmond
(1925–2007)
John R. Rickford
(b. 1949)
Walter Rodney
(1942–1980)
Gordon Rohlehr
(1942–2023)
Rupert Roopnaraine
(b. 1943)
S
Lloyd Searwar
(1925–2006)
Clem Seecharan
(b. 1950)
Berkley Semple
[
4
]
A. J. Seymour
(1914–1989)
Ryhaan Shah
Narmala Shewcharan
Jan Shinebourne
(b. 1947)
Rajkumari Singh
(1923–1979)
Gokarran Sukhdeo
[
2
]
T
Maya Tiwari
(b. 1952)
V
Ian Valz
(1957–2010)
W
Eric D. Walrond
(1898–1966)
Denis Williams
(1923–1998)
N. D. Williams
(b. 1942)
Y
Shana Yardan
(1943–1989)
[
1
]
See also
List of Guyanese
List of Guyanese artists
References
1
2
3
Al Creighton,
"A brief look at Guyanese Independence literature"
,
Stabroek News
, 29 May 2016.
1
2
3
Petamber Persaud,
"Winners at a glance"
, Preserving our literary Heritage | Literary Corner,
Guyana Chronicle
, 29 July 2007, p. IV.
↑
Petamber Persaud,
"Preserving Our Literary Heritage: Small Presses and the Guyana Prize"
,
Guyana Chronicle
, 29 November 2015.
↑
"Berkley Semple"
, Guyana Prize for Literature.
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