Edgar Mittelholzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edgar Mittelholzer

Guyanese writer

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1909

Place of Birth: Guyana

Date of Death: 05-May-1965

Profession: writer

Nationality: United Kingdom, Guyana

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Edgar Austin Mittelholzer (16 December 1909 – 5 May 1965) was a Guyanese novelist, the earliest novelist from the West Indian region to establish himself in Europe and gain a significant European readership.
Mittelholzer, who earned his living almost exclusively by writing fiction, is considered the first professional novelist to come out of the English-speaking Caribbean.
His novels include characters and situations from a variety of places within the Caribbean, and range in time from the early period of European settlement to the 20th century.
They feature a cross-section of ethnic groups and social classes, dealing with subjects of historical, political, psychological, and moral interest.
Mittelholzer is "certainly the most prolific novelist to be produced by the Caribbean".
Mittelholzer committed suicide in England in 1965.