Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Guyana Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A novelist from New Amsterdam who was one of the first Caribbean writers to make a living from fiction.
Mittelholzer's Corentyne Thunder (1941) and the Kaywana trilogy, a family saga spanning three centuries of Guyanese history, are landmarks of Caribbean literature.
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