Edgar Mittelholzer
Full Name: | Edgar Austin Mittelholzer |
Born: | December 16, 1909 New Amsterdam, British Guiana, British Empire |
Died: | May 5, 1965 Farnham, Surrey, England, UK |
Occupation: | Writer |
Nationality: | Guyanese |
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Biography
Edgar Austin Mittelholzer was a Guyanese novelist, the earliest novelist from the West Indian region to establish himself in Europe and gain a significant European readership. Mittelholzer, who earned his living almost exclusively by writing fiction, is considered the first professional novelist to come out of the English-speaking Caribbean. His novels include characters and situations from a variety of places within the Caribbean, and range in time from the early period of European settlement to the 20th century. They feature a cross-section of ethnic groups and social classes, dealing with subjects of historical, political, psychological, and moral interest. Mittelholzer is "certainly the most prolific novelist to be produced by the Caribbean".
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