Title: Alfred H. Mendes
Description: "Alfred Hubert Mendes (1897-1991) was a member of the influential Beacon group of artists, writers and intellectuals in Trinidad in the 1930s. In common with other Beacon writers, including C.L.R. James and Ralph de Boissière, he set out to create a Trinidad-centred literature, and his extensive output of poetry, short stories, novels and journalism bears witness to his dedication to this goal".
Subjects: Fiction, short stories (single author), Criticism and interpretation, Correspondence, Black Authors, Novelists, Trinidadian and Tobagonian fiction