Ralph de Boissière, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRalph de Boissière
Australian novelist of Trinidadian origin
Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1907
Place of Birth: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Death: 16-Feb-2008
Profession: novelist
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Ralph de Boissière
- Ralph Anthony Charles de Boissière (6 October 1907 – 16 February 2008) was a Trinidad-born Australian social realist novelist.
- Described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a passionate humanist with a vision of a just society", he was the author of four novels although most acclaimed for the first two: Crown Jewel and Rum and Coca-Cola, both originally published in the 1950s.
- A fifth novel called Homeless in Paradise remains unpublished.
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