Frank Hercules (12 February 1917 – 6 May 1996) was a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. His work dealt with issues of racial and colonial oppression.[1][2]
Hercules studied law in London before moving to Harlem; his family had immigrated into the United States where his father found asylum as an anti-colonial revolutionary.[1]
Books
editNovels
edit- Where the Hummingbird Flies (1961)
- I Want a Black Doll (1967)
- On Leaving Paradise (1980)
- Sunrise at Midnight (posthumous)
- The Portuguese Earrings (unfinished)
Nonfiction
edit- American Society and the Black Revolution (1972)
References
edit- ^ a b "Frank Hercules, 85, Novelist and Teacher," New York Times, 13 May 1996, accessed 31 October 2024.
- ^ Frank Hercules, African American Literature Book Club, accessed 31 October 2024.
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