Merle Hodge

Merle Hodge (born 1944) is a Trinidadian novelist and literary critic. Her 1970 novel is a classic of West Indian literature, and Hodge is acknowledged as the first black Caribbean woman to have published a major work of fiction.

Merle Hodge

Merle Hodge (born 1944) is a Trinidadian novelist and literary critic. Her 1970 novel is a classic of West Indian literature, and Hodge is acknowledged as the first black Caribbean woman to have published a major work of fiction.