List of Famous people with last name Selvon

Samuel Selvon

First Name Samuel

Last Name Selvon

Born on May 20, 1923

Died on April 16, 1994 (aged 70)

Born in Trinidad and Tobago

Samuel "Sam" Selvon was a Trinidad-born writer, who moved to London, England, in the 1950s. His 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "nation language", for narrative as well as dialogue.

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