Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Barbados Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A Barbadian-born writer who settled in Toronto and became one of the first major voices of Caribbean Canadian literature.
Clarke's novel The Polished Hoe (2002) won the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
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