Austin Clarke

This article is about Austin Clarke, the Canadian novelist. For the Irish poet of the same name see: Austin Clarke (poet).

Austin Chesterfield Clarke (born 1934) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born and raised in Barbados, later returning to Canada where he attended the University of Toronto. In 1998 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Works

Novels

• The Survivors of the Crossing – 1964
• The Meeting Point – 1967
• Storm of Fortune – 1973
• The Bigger Light – 1975
• The Prime Minister – 1977
• Proud Empires – 1988
• The Origin of Waves – 1997, winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
• The Question – 1999, nominated for a Governor General's Award in 2000
• The Polished Hoe – 2002, winner of the Giller Prize

Short stories

• Amongst Thistles and Thorns – 1965
• When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks – 1971
• When Women Rule – 1985
• Nine Men Who Laughed – 1986
• In This City 1992
• There Are No Elders – 1993

Non-fiction

• Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack 1980
• Public Enemies: Police Violence and Black Youth – 1992
• A Passage Back Home: A Personal Reminiscence of Samuel Selvon – 1994
• Pigtails 'n' Breadfruit – 1999