Cyril Dabydeen
Cyril Dabydeen | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Alma mater | Lakehead University; Queen's University |
| Notable work | Sandbach Parker Gold Medal for poetry (1964); A. J. Seymour Lyric Poetry Prize (1967) |
| Relatives | David 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.