Austin Clarke (novelist)
Austin Ardinel Chesterfield "Tom" Clarke (July 26, 1934 - June 26, 2016) was a Barbadian-Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer. He worked in Toronto, Ontario.
Clarke was a reporter in the Ontario communities of Timmins and Kirkland Lake before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a freelance journalist. He taught subsequently at several American universities, including Yale University (Hoyt fellow, 1968-70), Duke University (1971-72), and the University of Texas (visiting professor, 1973).
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1934 births
2016 deaths
Barbadian writers
Canadian educators
Canadian essayists
Writers from Toronto
Canadian novelists