Eric D. Walrond
Eric D. Walrond | |
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| Born | Eric Derwent Walrond 18 December 1898 Georgetown, British Guiana |
| Died | 8 August 1966 (aged 67) London, United Kingdom |
| Resting place | Abney Park Cemetery, London |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | British subject |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Literary movement | Harlem Renaissance |
Eric Derwent Walrond (18 December 1898 – 8 August 1966) was an Afro-Caribbean Harlem Renaissance writer and journalist. Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of a Barbadian mother and a Guyanese father, Walrond was well-travelled, moving early in life to live in Barbados, and then Panama, New York City, and eventually England. He made a lasting contribution to literature, his most famous book being Tropic Death, published in New York City in 1926 when he was 28; it remains in print today as a classic of its era.