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Caribbean literature: Quick Facts

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Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott
West Indian poet
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Louise Bennett-Coverley
Jamaican folklorist, poet, and radio and television personality
Claude McKay
Claude McKay
American writer
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René Marqués
Puerto Rican author
Aimé Césaire
Aimé Césaire
Martinican author and politician
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Samuel Selvon
Caribbean author
Édouard Glissant, 1958.
Édouard Glissant
Martinican author
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Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian author
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Andrew Salkey
Caribbean author

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