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Lovelace, Earl, 1935-

LC control no.n 83011663
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LC classificationPR9272.9.L6
Personal name headingLovelace, Earl, 1935-
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Associated countryTrinidad and Tobago
Associated placeUnited States
LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Birth date1935
Place of birthTrinidad
AffiliationHoward University University of the District of Columbia Johns Hopkins University
Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry
Profession or occupationDramatists Poets Novelists Journalists
Found inHis While gods are falling, 1966.
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Lovelace, Earl; dramatist, poet, fiction writer, print journalist; born 1935 in Trinidad; graduated from Ideal High School in Port of Spain in 1953; worked as proofreader for the Trinidad Guardian and for the Departments of Forestry and Agriculture; studied at the Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry (1961-1962); won the British Petroleum Independence Literary Award (1964) and the Pegasus Literary Award (1966); spent the 1966-1967 academic year at Howard University; returned to Port of Spain to write for the Trinidad and Tobago Express; lived in Washington, D.C. and taught at the University of the District of Columbia (1971-1973); earned a master's degree in English from Johns Hopkins University; settled in Trinidad)