Cyril Dabydeen
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Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945)[1] is a Guyana-born Canadian writer of Indian descent. He grew up in Rose Hall sugar plantation with the sense of Indian indenture rooted in his family background (he lived with his mother and with a grandmother in an extended family of aunt, nieces, nephews). He is a cousin of the UK writer David Dabydeen.[2]
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Born | 1945 (age 78ā79) |
Alma mater | Lakehead University; Queen's University |
Notable work | Sandbach Parker Gold Medal for poetry (1964); A. J. Seymour Lyric Poetry Prize (1967) |
Relatives | David Dabydeen (cousin |
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