Caribbean literary giant Dr. Ian McDonald dies at 93

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July 25, 2026

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Caribbean literary giant Dr. Ian McDonald dies at 93

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(Kaieteur News) – Caribbean literary giant, Dr. Ian McDonald has died. He was 93 years old.

McDonald was born on 18th April, 1933 in St Augustine, Trinidad, and described himself as Antiguan by ancestry, Trinidadian by birth, Guyanese by adoption, and West Indian by conviction.

He studied History at Cambridge, where he was also a gifted tennis player who captained the Cambridge, Guyana and West Indies Davis Cup teams, before settling in Guyana in 1955.

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