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Guyana Prize for Literature

Recognising and rewarding outstanding work in literature by Guyanese and Caribbean authors

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    • Stanley Greaves
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    • Roy Heath
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    • Paloma Mohamed
    • Rooplall Monar
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    • ​Elly Niland
    • ​Marc Matthews
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    • Rhyaan Shah
    • Janice Shinebourne
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The Guyana Prize for Literature

Faculty of Education and Humanities

University of Guyana

Turkeyen Campus

Greater Georgetown

Email: guyanaprizeforliterature@gmail.com

Phone: 592-222-3470 / 222-3597

Fax: 592-222-7015 

SIR WILSON HARRIS



Wilson Harris was born in New Amsterdam, Guyana in 1921 and migrated to London in 1959. Since then he has been Writer-in-Residence at the Universities of the West Indies, Toronto and Queens and visiting lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the Guggenheim Fellow for 1973. He has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of the West Indies, Kent at Canterbury, Essex, Macerata (Italy) and Liege (Beligum). His many novels include Jonestown; the Guyana Quartet and the Palace of the Peacock.

Wilson Harris received a knightwood from Queen Elizabeth II on June 12, 2011.

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