Facts: - caption: samuel bbc 's '' caribbean voices '' in 1952 . selvon and pauline henriques reading a story on - death date: 16 april 1994 - birth date: 20 may 1923 - name: samuel selvon - image: pauline enriques sam sevlon caribbean voices 1952.jpg - birth place: san fernando , trinidad and tobago Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of samuel selvon .
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samuel selvon -lrb- 20 may 1923 -- 16 april 1994 -rrb- was a trinidad-born writer .his 1956 's novel '' the lonely londoners '' is ground-breaking in its use of creolised english , or '' nation language '' , for narrative as well as dialogue .