“So I feel that this is an encouragement to other writers in the region to persist in the their work, even if they feel that what they are doing is not popular, because in the long run it may tell on their behalf.”

— Wilson Harris

Interview with Wilson Harris (2010) on being Knighted at Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Honours

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Guyanese writer 1921–2018

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