Biography

Earl Lovelace was born in Toco, Trinidad on July 13, 1935.  Lovelace was raised by his grandparents on the island of Tobago.  Lovelace has spent most of his time as a jounalist, playwright, novelist, and a short-story writer.   He has taught English at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine.  He obtained his M.A. from John Hopkins University in 1974.  
 

Works

• While Gods are Falling (1965)
• The Schoolmaster  (1968)
• The Dragon Can’t Dance (1979)
• The Wine of Astonishment (1982)
• Jestina’s Calypso and Other Plays (1984)
• The New Hardware Store (1985)
• A Brief Conversation and Other Stories (1988)
• Salt (1997)

Links

Biography of Earl Lovelace

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/caribbean/lovelace/bio.html

More Links

http://www.britannica.com/seo/e/earl-lovelace/

Send questions or comments about the Web site to Dr. Seodial Deena, 
East Carolina University, Department of English, Multicultural Literature Program.