Editing Sam Selvon (section)

{{Short description|Trinidadian writer (1923–1994)}}
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{{Infobox writer
|name = Samuel Selvon
|image = File:Sam Sevlon, 1952 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Selvon in 1952
|birth_name = Samuel Dickson Selvon
|pseudonym = Michael Wentworth; Esses; Ack-Ack; Big Buffer
|birth_place = [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|5|20|df=y}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|4|16|1923|5|20|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Piarco International Airport]], [[Piarco]], [[Tunapuna–Piarco]], Trinidad and Tobago
|notableworks = ''[[The Lonely Londoners]]'' (1956)
|education = [[Naparima College]]
|children=Two daughters and two sons
|spouses = Draupadi Persaud<br>Althea Daroux
}}

'''Samuel Dickson Selvon'''  (20 May 1923 – 16 April 1994)<ref name=Britannica>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/533759/Samuel-Selvon "Samuel Selvon"], ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref> was a [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]]-born writer, who moved to London, England, in 1950.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baynes |first=Chris |date=20 May 2018 |title=Sam Selvon: The ground-breaking author who gave voice to the Windrush generation |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/news/sam-selvon-lonely-londoners-author-windrush-generation-google-doodle-novelist-a8360221.html |work=The Independent}}</ref> His 1956 novel ''[[The Lonely Londoners]]'' is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "[[nation language]]", for narrative as well as dialogue.