About Jan Carew
Jan Rynveld Carew led a rich and varied life as a writer, educator, philosopher, and advisor to several nation states. He was born and educated in Guyana, and studied at Howard University, Western Reserve University, Charles University in Prague, and the Sorbonne in Paris. In London he lectured on race and worked as broadcaster, writer, and editor with the BBC.
Jan Carew's novels and nonfiction books and media include a multitude of books, plays, poetry, articles, reviews, essays, films, audiotapes, and stories, including:
Magnet
The Coming of Amalivaca
Save the Last Dance for Me
Moscow is Not My Mecca
The Third Gift
The Pushcart Prize winning essay, "The Caribbean Writer and Exile"
...and many more.
As a scholar and academic, Jan taught at many universities, including the University of London, Princeton, Rutgers, Illinois Wesleyan, Hampshire College, Northwestern, University of Louisville and Lincoln University. He resided in Mexico, England, France, Spain, Ghana and Canada.
Jan passed away at home with family in Louisville, Kentucky on December 5, 2012 at the age of 92.
Contact
Contact
Jan and Joy Carew:
c/o Joy Carew
Wikepedia entry for Jan Carew
"The Guyanese Wanderer" wins 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award
Jan Carew's "The Guyanese Wanderer" won the Independent Publisher Bronze Prize for Multicultural Fiction, awarded during the 2008 BookExpo America, held in Los Angeles.