James, C(yril) L(ionel) R(obert)
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James, C(yril) L(ionel) R(obert). 1901-1989.
Trinidadian author and historian noted for his Marxist writings and his novel Minty Alley (1936).
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born Jan. 4, 1901, Tunapuna, Trin.
died May 31, 1989, London, Eng.
Trinidadian writer and political activist.
As a young man he moved to Britain,
where his first work,
The Life of Captain Cipriani,
was published in 1929.
His study of Toussaint-Louverture,
The Black Jacobins (
1938),
was a seminal work.
During James'
s first stay in the U.
S. (
1938–
53),
he became friends with Paul Robeson.
Eventually deported to Britain because of his Marxism and labour activism,
James wrote on cricket for The Guardian.
His Beyond the Boundary (
1963)
mixes autobiography with commentary on politics and sports.
He returned to the U.
S.
in 1970 but eventually settled permanently in Britain.
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Universalium.
2010.
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