Language and Literature : Trinidad & Tobago

A listing of web sites that provide links to information about Trinidad and Tobago. For additional information about Trinidad and Tobago at the Library of Congress, consult its online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov). The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Trinidad and Tobago is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects for Trinidad and Tobago is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/tt/),

A-Z Reports  (http://www.blackbritannica.co.uk/A-ZReport/J.html)
Presented here are an overview of the life of CLR James, selected bibliographies of his life and work and a list of related internet sites.

Earl Lovelace: An Overview  (http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/caribbean/lovelace/lovelaceov.html)
Site devoted to Caribbean author Earl Lovelace who was born in Toco, Trinidad.

Hindi: The Language of Songs.  (http://www.cs.colostate.edu/%7Emalaiya/hindiint.html)
Presents information about Hindi, a language that is a descendant of Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha. Notes that Hindi is spoken in India and other countries. Links to sites related to Hindi, Hindi speaking regions, and dialects. Provides a brief history of Hindi. Includes links to sites about Hindi songs and poets and authors.

Interview with Rosa Guy.  (http://www.pancaribbean.com/banyan/rosaguy.htm)
Transcript of interview with Rosa Guy, Trinidad born novelist, short story writer, playwright and editor. Her work has included involvement with the American Negro Theatre, the Harlem Writers Guild, and selected writings that reflect West Indian and Haitian cultures.

Literature 2001  (http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/2001/)
These pages are devoted to Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul of the United Kingdom, who was born in Trinidad in 1932. V.S. Naipaul received the Nobel Prize in Literature 2001, "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories."

THE ROSETTA PROJECT  (http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live)
The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to develop a contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone. The Project's Archive of 1,000 Languages may be searched on this site . The link "Countries Where Spoken" is followed by the "Browse by Country" page. Here, under "Americas" is a link to information about the following languages spoken in Trinidad and Tobago: Arabic, English, Hindustani and Spanish.

Trinidad Theatre Workshop  (http://www.ttw.org.tt/)
The Trinidad Theatre Workshop was established in 1959 by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Provided on this site is current and retrospective information about the TTW.

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932- )  (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vnaipaul.htm)
Kuusankosken Kaupunginkirjasto presents a biographical sketch of Trinidad novelist Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932- ). Naipaul is a well known novelist in the English-speaking Caribbean. The sketch highlights Naipaul's childhood, education, and writing career. A list of selected works is included.