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	Austin Clarke
		Clarke recognised that assonance was the key to rhyme and that Gaelic poetry relied on assonance for much of its aural effect.
		Clarke relies heavily on both assonance (which he considered to be the chief element of rhyme) and consonance to create a series of sound patterns which give an aural quality to his poetry.
		Clarke is attempting to preserve the syllabic structure of the Dán Direach by limiting the lies of The Blackbird of Derrycairn to nine syllables.
	homepage.eircom.net /~splash/Clarke.html (831 words)

	Northwest Passages - Author Profile: Austin Clarke
		Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke was born in 1934 on the island of Barbados.
		Clarke stayed in the U.S. from 1974-1975 after accepting a position as a cultural attachŽ to the Barbadian Embassy in Washington.
		Clarke's greatest triumph of the 1990s, though, was certainly the publication of The Origin of Waves (1997), his first novel in eleven years.
	www.nwpassages.com /bios/clarke.asp (854 words)

	Centre for Language and Literature - Canadian Writers - Austin Clarke - Athabasca University
		Clarke also published six collections of short stories and in 1999 was awarded the W.O. Mitchell Prize for producing an outstanding body of work and the Rogers Communication Writers Trust Prize (1998).
		Clarke was born in 1934 and schooled in Barbados.
		Clarke is well-known for his many powerful short stories which deal with the adaptation of fl people into white Canada.
	www.athabascau.ca /writers/aclarke.html (457 words)

	Austin Clarke- Vancouver International Writers Festival
		We regret that Austin Clarke will not be appearing at event #26 - A World of Words.
		Austin Clarke is the author of five short story collections and nine novels, including The Origin of Waves and The Question.
		Clarke was born in Barbados and immigrated to Canada in 1955, where he has worked as a journalist and broadcaster, and as a visiting professor at several North American universities.
	www.writersfest.bc.ca /2002festival/author.php?author=6 (121 words)

	Austin Clarke fonds, 1960-1999 - Fond Description
		Austin Ardinel Chesterfield ("Tom") Clarke, author, was born in Barbados on 26 July 1934.
		Clarke was the inaugural recipient of The Rogers Communications Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for his semi-autobiographical novel The Origin of Waves, published in 1997.
		The seventh accrual was acquired in 1999, the eight accrual was acquired in July 2000 all from Austin Clarke.
	library.mcmaster.ca /archives/findaids/fonds/c/clarke-a.htm (539 words)

	Austin Clarke Biography and Summary
		Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke is among the most prominent writers in Canada today.
		Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke, CM, O.Ont (born 26 July 1934) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
		In the essay below, Clarke analyzes the representation of class in Austin C. Clarke's short stories and argues that Clarke ironically upholds bourgeois Canadian nationalism despite his critical stance towards it in his non-fiction writing.
	www.bookrags.com /Austin_Clarke (267 words)

	Books \| Love and Sweet Food, by Austin Clarke \| Straight.com Vancouver
		Clarke vividly describes the pot, propped on three rocks, that was the stove that produced the "bakes" and "privilege" and other dishes of his formative years.
		Clarke describes "picking" rice for impurities, "using your ten fingers" to rub seasonings into chicken, and choosing a pig's tail by rooting around in the barrel and feeling "the nice clutching sensation of the brine, tingling through your pores and tightening up the veins of your two hands".
		But above all, it is Clarke's joyous homage to his mother, aunts, cousins, and grandmothers: "those strong, beautiful, fl, light-complexioned and white women who nurtured me, fed me from their hands from their pots, loved me and turned me into the man I am today." Amen to that, say his readers.
	www.straight.com /article/love-and-sweet-food-by-austin-clarke (419 words)

	poetrymagazines.org.uk - Austin Clarke and Padraic Fallon
		This necessity for the young Clarke to keep his distance from Yeats must be borne in mind when we see him in the 1920s choosing to exploit just those centuries of Irish history which Yeats had least cultivated — the centuries of Celtic Romanesque, after the heroic age and before the Elizabethan plantations.
		Clarke’s anger at the attitudes of the Irish Church, particularly at the inhumanity (as he sees it) of the Church’s attitude to sex, has grown ever harsher and more explicit, not always to the benefit of his art.
		Clarke’s poetry seems to make no new myths, and to celebrate no old ones; more often it exerts itself sardonically to puncture and explode myths, in the sense of dangerous fictions with which the Irishman deludes himself about his national identity and his supposedly peculiar virtues.
	www.poetrymagazines.org.uk /magazine/record.asp?id=4551 (6252 words)

	cbc.ca
		AUSTIN CLARKE: The books I consider to be good books are books that make me feel the same way when I first heard Miles Davis playing Some Day My Prince Will Come.
		CLARKE: There's nothing wrong with being a snob, and certainly nothing wrong with being elitist, I think snobs and elitists provide the foundation of the sustaining of a culture that is homogeneous in a certain society.
		EVAN (in studio): You could actually think of Austin Clarke's book The Polished Hoe as a piece of music--the voice of Matilda is an insinuating trumpet solo of sorrow, pain and history as she describes her life on Bimshire Island.
	www.cbc.ca /hottype/season02-03/02-11-22_interview.html (2056 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Polished Hoe: Books: Austin Clarke (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Clarke plunks his muses down on the isle of Bimshire--Barbados in cloak--in the "Wessindies." It's an unsettling postcolonial landscape, soiled by the "sickening power of poverty"--among other routine brutalities, woman and mere girls can be and are dragged off and forcibly taken atop heaps of agricultural refuse.
		Clarke's instrument of choice is the English language spoken by the governed in a British colony in the Caribbean, and he plays it like a virtuoso.
		Austin Clarke was the underdog against such big hitters as Wayne Johnston and Carol Shields but I found The Polished Hoe to be a long rambling tale with an unsatisfying climax.
	www.amazon.ca /Polished-Hoe-Austin-Clarke/dp/0887621104 (2031 words)

	Interview \| Austin Clarke
		Clarke feels that while writing The Polished Hoe he learned "how to write a novel for the first time, after all these years.
		Clarke says that, with this most recent book, all of the pieces fell into place.
		The book, for which Clarke won the 2002 Giller Award -- one of Canada's most prestigious awards for fiction -- takes place on one long island night, when a woman named Mary-Mathilda calls the local law to confess a murder.
	www.januarymagazine.com /profiles/aclarke.html (4006 words)

	TomFolio.com: by Austin Clarke
		First one-volume edition of Clarke's plays: The Son of Learining, The Flame, Sister Eucharia, Black Fast, The Kiss, As the Crow Flies, The Plot is Ready, The Viscount of Blarney, The Second Kiss, The Plot Succeeds and The Moment Next to Nothing.
		Clarke, Austin WHEN HE WAS FREE AND YOUNG AND HE USED TO WEAR SILKS Stories.
		Clarke, Austin C. The Survivors of the Cross Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Toronto 1964.
	www.tomfolio.com /SearchAuthorTitle.asp?aut=Austin_Clarke (631 words)

	Artists
		Austin Chesterfield Clarke was born, Barbados in 1934 and emigrated to Canada to attend the University of Toronto in 1955.
		Clarke is the recipient of numerous awards including the W.O. Mitchell Prize; the Toronto Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature; and the Order of Canada.
		Clarke’s ninth novel, The Question, which was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award.
	www.calabashfestival.org /pages/artists/artists_page/austin_clarke.html (137 words)

	Modern Irish Poetry by James McKeown Kinsale
		Austin Clarke (May 9, 1896 - March 19, 1974) was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. Yeats.
		Clarke's main contribution to Irish poetry was the rigour with which he used technical means borrowed from classical Irish language poetry when writing in English.
		Clarke returned to the publishing with the 1995 collection Ancient Lights, and was to continuing writing and publishing prolifically for the rest of his life.
	www.sovereignhouse.com /poetry/clarke.html (607 words)

	The rum Barbadian - Books - www.theage.com.au
		Austin Clarke is one of the few writers who can talk openly about his ambitions to win a Nobel prize without appearing either immodest or unrealistic.
		So Clarke was a little apprehensive when, as the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, he was invited to an audience with the Queen.
		The couple did a deal: Clarke would stay at home for a year and write and look after the children, who were aged three and one at the time.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/15/1097784014060.html (1998 words)

	Clarke wins Commonwealth Writers Prize - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While in Jamaica, Clarke who is known for his mentoring young writers, will also meet with members of the UWI Creative Writing Group, A-level students, teachers and student teachers from the island's teacher training colleges and aspiring young writers in a series of short workshops.
		Austin Chesterfield Clarke was born in Barbados in 1934 and after attending Combermere School and Harrison College, emigrated to Canada in 1955 to attend the University of Toronto.
		In 1974, Clarke became cultural attache to the Barbadian Embassy in Washington.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20030308T200000-0500_40781_OBS_CLARKE_WINS_COMMONWEALTH_WRITERS_PRIZE.asp (406 words)

	A Barbadian Abroad - 8/11/2003 - Publishers Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Still, a segment of the audience responded to Clarke's victory with bemusement, as though somehow, when they were not looking, he had managed to sneak to the front of the class.
		Austin Clarke is the author of nine previous novels.
		He was eager to add Clarke to a small but distinguished cadre of writers that included the pugnacious critic John Metcalf and the innovative storyteller Leon Rooke.
	www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA316179.html?display=archive (2063 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Polished Hoe -- September 5, 2003
		JEFFREY BROWN: The author is 69- year-old Austin Clarke, born in Barbados, but a Canadian citizen and a resident of Toronto for more than 45 years.
		AUSTIN CLARKE: This is a section where she is reminiscing.
		AUSTIN CLARKE: I think it was a casual visit, a change in scene.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec03/clarke_9-05.html (1092 words)

	News 8 Austin \| 24 Hour Local News \| LOCAL NEWS
		Austin voters have less than two weeks to decide a runoff election for city council.
		Margot Clarke and Jennifer Kim, the two council hopefuls, believe environmental issues should remain one the city's top priorities.
		Clarke touts her experience in the high-tech and nonprofit industry.
	www.news8austin.com /content/your_news/?ArID=137854 (216 words)

	The Bukowski Agency - Austin Clarke (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Clarke’s marvelous ability to set down the unique Barbadian dialect and make it accessible sparkles throughout these essays...
		Austin Clarke is the winner of the 2002 Giller Prize, the 2003 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the 16th Annual Trillium Prize for The Polished Hoe, which was also long-listed for the 2004 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
		Clarke, who lives in Toronto, is the author of nine novels and six-short story collections, including Choosing His Coffin: The Best Stories of Austin Clarke, and most recently, the culinary memoir, Love and Sweet Food.
	www.thebukowskiagency.com /PigtailsNBreadfruit.htm (353 words)

	Quillblog » Austin Clarke meets Malcolm X
		The latest is an interview author Austin Clarke conducted with Malcolm X in 1963 in New York.
		In his introduction to the podcast, Clarke recalls the the time he spent trying to track down the militant fl leader, and his nervous reaction when he finally got the call.
		Clarke apparently interviewed Malcolm X again, years later and shortly before his assassination, but forgot to turn on the tape recorder.
	www.quillandquire.com /blog/index.php/2007/02/19/austin-clarke-meets-malcolm-x (296 words)

	Pagitica: Austin Clarke (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Austin Clarke's most recent novel has debuted to widespread acclaim and won numerous awards, including the 2002 Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Prize.
		"Clarke is magnificent in transferring to print the music, the poetry, the complete aptness of West Indian dialogue.
		Neil Bissoondath, Austin Clarke, Joy Kogawa, Rohinton Mistry & Josef Skvorecky
	www.pagitica.com /resources/austin_clarke.html (149 words)

	Austin Clarke on honing his craft: an island epic is a capstone on a distinguished literary career - the writing life - ...
		Austin Clarke on honing his craft: an island epic is a capstone on a distinguished literary career - the writing life - Book Review
		Clarke has been a newspaper journalist and broadcaster covering social issues and assisted in setting up fl studies programs at Yale University, where he was a visiting professor.
		Clarke also has six short-story collections, 10 novels (including the 1997 prize-winning The Origin of Waves) and two memoirs to his credit.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HST/is_6_5/ai_111063947 (861 words)

	The Restorative Power of Telling One's story in Austin Clarke's "The Origin of Waves
		Austin Clarke's The Origin of Waves is the story of two childhood friends who unexpectedly bump into each other during a snowstorm in Toronto in Christmastime.
		The novel is structured as a long conversation held by the two old friends in the course of which they exchange the stories of their lives and shared memories of the past.
		Like in Ondaatje's The Skin of a Lion, Clarke stresses the restorative and healing power of the act of telling one's story; the constant repetition of verbs that indicate communication like "tell" and "talk" signals the importance of the act of telling.
	www.postcolonialweb.org /canada/literature/clarke/gms6.html (1034 words)

	The Polished Hoe: A Novel by Austin Clarke
		The Polished Hoe: A Novel by Austin Clarke
		"Clarke’s waltzing speech rhythms and sly humor, reminiscent of V. Naipaul...[contribute] to a Wagnerian crescendo."
		Deep Dish is a story about what happens when a man and a woman compete toe-to-toe for the same prize, and what happens when love ups the ante.
	www.harpercollins.com /book/index.aspx?isbn=9780060557621 (469 words)

	READERSVOICE.COM - Austin Clarke, Jane Urquhart, and more - November
		Austin Clarke, Posie Graeme-Evans, Jane Urquhart, and more writers at the Brisbane Writers' Festival...
		From Canada, Austin Clarke was born in Barbados in 1934 but moved to Toronto in 1955.
		He said his favorite books of all time were The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner; Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky; Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot; The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (about Caribbean immigrants in London); and Samson Agonistes by John Milton.
	www.readersvoice.com /interviews/2004/November/165 (718 words)

	Brisbane Writers Festival - Austin Clarke
		Austin Clarke is the winner of the $15,000 1999 W.O. Mitchell Prize, awarded each year to a Canadian writer who has produced an outstanding body of work and served as a caring mentor for other writers.
		In 1974 Clarke became cultural attaché of the Barbadian Embassy in Washington, and from 1975-77 he served as general manager of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation in Barbados.
		"Austin Clarke's The Polished Hoe is a symphony of Caribbean life and history that arranges the jangle of race and class, rage and passion into an eloquent composition, part slave narrative, part love ballad, part Shakespearean opera, sung against the backdrop of one woman's life.
	www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au /2004/content/standard_c1.asp?name=ClarkeAustin (1342 words)

	Austin Clarke on honing his craft: an island epic is a capstone on a distinguished literary career - the writing life - ...
		Austin Clarke on honing his craft: an island epic is a capstone on a distinguished literary career - the writing life - Book Review
		Clarke has been a newspaper journalist and broadcaster covering social issues and assisted in setting up fl studies programs at Yale University, where he was a visiting professor.
		Clarke also has six short-story collections, 10 novels (including the 1997 prize-winning The Origin of Waves) and two memoirs to his credit.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HST/is_6_5/ai_111063947 (861 words)

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