- Lawrence Scott
Lawrence Scott (born 1943) is a
novelist from Trinidad & Tobago, currently living inLondon and Trinidad. He is presently a Senior Research Fellow at The Academy for the Arts, Letters, Culture and Public Affairs at the University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT).Scott is a descendant of Trinidad's French and German creoles and was educated by the Benedictine monks at Mount Saint Benedict before leaving for England as a young man. He now moves between London and Port of Spain.
He has published three novels:
*"Witchbroom" (1992), shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best first Book (1993), read on BBC Book At Bedtime (1993).
*"Aelred's Sin" (1998), winner of the a Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in Canada & Caribbean (1999).
*"Night Calypso" (2004), shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in Canada & the Caribbean (2005).Scott has also written a collection of short stories, "Ballad for the New World" (1994), which includes the prize-winning story "The House of Funerals" (Tom-Gallon Award, 1986).
External links
* [http://www.uwi.tt/media/releases/2004/27-02-04.asp Press release] ,
University of the West Indies
* Lawrence Scott's website [http://www.lawrencescott.co.uk/]
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