List of Trinidad and Tobago writers

This is a list of Trinidad and Tobago writers, including writers either from or associated with Trinidad and Tobago.

A

• André Alexis (born 1957)
• Lauren K. Alleyne (born 1979)
• Michael Anthony (born 1930)
• Robert Antoni (born 1958)
• William Archibald (1917–1970)
• Barbara Assoon (born 1929)

B

• Kevin Baldeosingh (born 1963)
• Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016)
• Gérard Besson (born 1942)
• Lloyd Best (1946–2016)
• Neil Bissoondath (born 1955)
• Dionne Brand (born 1953)
• Wayne Brown (born 1944)
• Cheryl Byron (1946–2016)

C

• Vahni Capildeo (born 1973)
• Michèle Pearson Clarke (born 1973)
• Nicole Craig (born 1974)
• Selwyn Cudjoe (born 1943)

D

• Ralph de Boissière (1946–2016)

E

• Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)

G

• Albert Gomes (1911–1978)
• Beatrice Greig (1869–)
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

H

• Errol Hill (1921–2003
• Merle Hodge (born 1944)

J

• C. L. R. James (1901–1989)
• Barbara Jenkins
• Errol John (1901–1989)
• Amryl Johnson (1944–2001)
• Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
• Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
• Edward Lanzer Joseph (1792 or 1793–1838

K

• Roi Kwabena (1956–2008)

L

• Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973)
• John La Rose (1927–2006)
• Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
• John Lyons (born 1933)

M

• Ian McDonald (born 1933)
• Dionyse McTair (born 1950)
• Rabindranath Maharaj (born 1955)
• Ralph Maraj (born 1949)
• Tony Martin (1942–2013
• Mustapha Matura (born 1939)
• Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell
• Olga Maynard (1913–1994)
• Alfred Mendes (1897–1991)
• Sharon Miller
• Shani Mootoo (born 1957)

N

• Seepersad Naipaul (1906–1953)
• Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985)
• V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
• Elizabeth Nunez

P

• George Padmore (1903–1959)
• Leslie "Teacher" Palmer (born 1943)
• Kenneth Vidia Parmasad (1946–2006)
• Raoul Pantin (1943–2015)
• Lakshmi Persaud
• Michel Maxwell Philip (1829–1888)
• M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)

R

• Jennifer Rahim (born 1963)
• Kenneth Ramchand (born 1939)
• Raymond Ramcharitar
• Kevin Ramnarine
• Kris Rampersad
• Lennox Raphael (born 1939)
• E. M. Roach (1922–2012)
• Ronald Suresh Roberts (born 1968)
• Roger Robinson
• Monique Roffey (born 1965)
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

S

• Marina Salandy-Brown
• Sam Selvon (1923–1994)
• Raffique Shah (born 1946)
• Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966)
• Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944)

T

• Jeremy Taylor
• John Jacob Thomas (1841–1889)

W

• Derek Walcott (1930–2017)
• A. R. F. Webber (1911–1981)
• Eric Williams (1911–1981)
• Henry Sylvester Williams (1869–1911)

See also

• Trinidad and Tobago literature

External links

• "Writers", The Best of Trinidad and Tobago.