Born in Agricola, British Guiana, on 24 September 1925, Jan Rynveld Carew is an influential critic, teacher, playwright, poet and editor. Educated at Berbice High School and several universities in Europe and the United States, he became professor of African-American Studies at Northwestern University after teaching for some years at Princeton University. He has edited a number of journals, including Cotopaxi, a review of Third World literature and current events, De Kim (Holland), The Kensington Post (England), and The African Review (Ghana). Carew is also a prolific writer himself His novels include Black Midas (1958), The Last Barbarian (1961), Moscow is Not My Mecca (1964), and The Wild Coast (1968). His children’s books include The Third Gift (1972), Sons of the Flying Wind (1970), Children of the Sin (1976) and The Twins of Ilora (1977). Among his best-known plays are The Baron of South Boulevard (1963), University of Hunger (1966), Gentlemen Be Seated (1967), and Black Horse, White Rider (1969). Carew’s poems and short stories have also appeared in various journals and anthologies.
CAREW, Jan
