Cyril Dabydeen

Cyril Dabydeen
Born1945 (age 80–81)
Alma materLakehead University; Queen's University
Notable workSandbach Parker Gold Medal for poetry (1964); A. J. Seymour Lyric Poetry Prize (1967)
RelativesDavid Dabydeen (cousin

Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945) is a Guyana-born Canadian writer of Indian descent. He grew up in Rose Hall sugar plantation with the sense of Indian indenture rooted in his family background. He is a cousin of the UK writer David Dabydeen.