N. D. Williams

N. D. Williams
Born	1942 (age 82–83) Guyana
Nationality	Guyanese
Alma mater	University of the West Indies

N. D. "Wyck" Williams (born 1942 in Guyana) is a New York-based writer. ^[1]

Biography

Born in Guyana, Williams went to Jamaica as a student to study at University of the West Indies at Mona in 1968. As a student he witnessed the riots following student demonstrations against the banning of the late Dr. Walter Rodney. This is now referred to as the Rodney riots, 1968. ^[2]

In 1976 his first novel Ikael Torass was awarded the prestigious Casa de las Americas prize. ^[3]

In 2002 Williams published his searching look at the teeming underclass of New York in his disturbing novel Ah, Mikhail, O Fidel. ^[4]

Two other collection of short stories followed: Colonial Cream in January 2003 and The Friendship of Shoes (November 2005).

Bibliography

• Ikael Torass, novel (1976)
• The Crying of Rainbirds, short stories (1992)
• The Silence of Islands, novel (1994)
• Prash and Ras (1997)
• Julie Mango, short stories (2003)
• Colonial Cream, short stories (2003)
• The Friendship of Shoes, short stories (2005)

References

1. Birbalsingh, Frank (25 April 2010). "Book Review: N.D. Williams, Julie Mango". Kaieteur News . Retrieved 18 January 2015.
2. N. D. Williams page at Peepal Tree Press.
3. Jardim, Keith (2002). "Williams, N.D.". In Balderston, Daniel; Gonzalez, Mike; Lopez, Ana M. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge. p. 1588. ISBN   9781134788521 . Retrieved 2015-01-18.
4. Susan Salter Reynolds, "Discoveries", Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2002.