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Alfred Hubert Mendes MM (18 November 1897 – 1991) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian novelist and short-story writer. He was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers (named after the literary magazine The Beacon) in Trinidad and Tobago which included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière. Mendes is best known as the author of two novels — Pitch Lake (1934) and Black Fauns (1935) — and for his short stories written during the 1920s and 1930s. He was "one of the first West Indian writers to set the pattern of emigration in the face of the lack of publishing houses and the small reading public in the West Indies."

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  • Alfred Hubert Mendes MM (18 November 1897 – 1991) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian novelist and short-story writer. He was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers (named after the literary magazine The Beacon) in Trinidad and Tobago which included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière. Mendes is best known as the author of two novels — Pitch Lake (1934) and Black Fauns (1935) — and for his short stories written during the 1920s and 1930s. He was "one of the first West Indian writers to set the pattern of emigration in the face of the lack of publishing houses and the small reading public in the West Indies." (en)
  • Alfred Hubert Mendes (né le 18 novembre 1897 à Trinité-et-Tobago et mort en 1991 à Barbade) est un écrivain trinidadien. Il est un membre du groupe « Beacon » à Trinité-et-Tobago, un groupe littéraire trinidadien des années 1930 qui prend son nom du magazine littéraire The Beacon et qui comprend Albert Gomes, Cyril Lionel Robert James et (en). Mendes est surtout connu comme l'auteur des romans Pitch Lake (1934) et Black Fauns (1935) et pour ses nouvelles écrites dans les années 1920 et 1930. Il est le grand-père du réalisateur Sam Mendes, dont le film 1917 (2019) est inspiré par ses histoires de vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale. (fr)
  • Alfred Hubert Mendes, natural de (? de 1897 — ? de 1991), filho de Alfred Mendes, foi uma figura pioneira da literatura das Caraíbas. Era descendente de portugueses presbiterianos expulsos da Madeira no seguimento das perseguições a Robert Kalley. Mendes foi um escritor prolífico. Foi o primeiro a ter chamado a atenção para a comunidade portuguesa, com a sua novela Pitch Lake. Recebeu um Doutoramento honoris causa pela University of the West Indies em reconhecimento pela sua obra literária. Foi também um funcionário público e chegou ao cargo de director-geral da autoridade portuária de Trinidad e Tobago. Teve três filhos, entre os quais Peter Mendes. Foi avô de Sam Mendes, diretor de cinema britânico, que realizou o filme 1917 inspirado pelas suas histórias da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Foi um dos co-fundadores da revista socialista "The Beacon" ("O Farol"). (pt)
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  • Alfred Hubert Mendes MM (18 November 1897 – 1991) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian novelist and short-story writer. He was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers (named after the literary magazine The Beacon) in Trinidad and Tobago which included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière. Mendes is best known as the author of two novels — Pitch Lake (1934) and Black Fauns (1935) — and for his short stories written during the 1920s and 1930s. He was "one of the first West Indian writers to set the pattern of emigration in the face of the lack of publishing houses and the small reading public in the West Indies." (en)
  • Alfred Hubert Mendes (né le 18 novembre 1897 à Trinité-et-Tobago et mort en 1991 à Barbade) est un écrivain trinidadien. Il est un membre du groupe « Beacon » à Trinité-et-Tobago, un groupe littéraire trinidadien des années 1930 qui prend son nom du magazine littéraire The Beacon et qui comprend Albert Gomes, Cyril Lionel Robert James et (en). Mendes est surtout connu comme l'auteur des romans Pitch Lake (1934) et Black Fauns (1935) et pour ses nouvelles écrites dans les années 1920 et 1930. (fr)
  • Alfred Hubert Mendes, natural de (? de 1897 — ? de 1991), filho de Alfred Mendes, foi uma figura pioneira da literatura das Caraíbas. Era descendente de portugueses presbiterianos expulsos da Madeira no seguimento das perseguições a Robert Kalley. Mendes foi um escritor prolífico. Foi o primeiro a ter chamado a atenção para a comunidade portuguesa, com a sua novela Pitch Lake. Teve três filhos, entre os quais Peter Mendes. Foi avô de Sam Mendes, diretor de cinema britânico, que realizou o filme 1917 inspirado pelas suas histórias da Primeira Guerra Mundial. (pt)
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