George Lamming (1927– ), is a Barbadian novelist and poet, considered the father of the modern Caribbean novel. He is a currently a Visiting Professor of the Literary Arts and Africana Studies at Brown University.

Early Life

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George Lamming was born in Carrington Village, Barbados, of mixed African and English parentage. His mother was unmarried, but after she married, Lamming grew up partly in his native village and in St David's Village, where his stepfather worked. Lamming attended Roebuck Boys' School and Combermere High School. Encouraged by his teacher, Frank Collymore, Lamming found the world of books and started to write. Before moving to England, he worked from 1946 to 1950 as a teacher at El Colegio de Venezuela, a boarding-school for boys in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

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