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Literary Scene

Main article: Trinidad and Tobago literature

Trinidad and Tobago has produced many noted writers, including Nobel laureates Sir Vidia Naipaul and St. Lucia–born poet Derek Walcott, and other award-winning authors such as Earl Lovelace and Michael Anthony.

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