Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index For the Irish poet of the same name, see: Austin Clarke Austin Chesterfield Clarke (born 1934) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born and raised in Barbados, later returning to Canada where he attended the University of Toronto. His 2002 work The Polished Hoe won the Giller Prize. Works: Novels The Survivors of the Crossing -1964 The Meeting Point - 1967 Storm of Fortune - 1973 The Bigger Light - 1975 The Prime Minister - 1977 Proud Empires - 1988 The Origin of Waves - 1997 The Question - 1999 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award) The Polished Hoe - 2002 Short Stories Amongst Thistles and Thorns - 1965 When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks - 1971 When Women Rule - 1985 Nine Men Who Laughed - 1986 In This City 1992 There Are No Elders - 1993 Non-Fiction Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack 1980 Public Enemies: Police Violence and Black Youth - 1992 A Passage Back Home: A Personal Reminiscence of Samuel Selvon - 1994 Pigtails 'n' Breadfruit - 1999 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.