Frank Hercules Explained

Frank Hercules (12 February 1917 – 6 May 1996) was a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. His work dealt with issues of racial and colonial oppression.^{[1] [2]}

Hercules studied law in London before moving to Harlem; his family had immigrated into the United States where his father found asylum as an anti-colonial revolutionary.

Books

Novels

• Where the Hummingbird Flies (1961)
• I Want a Black Doll (1967)
• On Leaving Paradise (1980)
• Sunrise at Midnight (posthumous)
• The Portuguese Earrings (unfinished)

Nonfiction

• American Society and the Black Revolution (1972)

Notes and References

1. "Frank Hercules, 85, Novelist and Teacher," New York Times, 13 May 1996, accessed 31 October 2024.
2. https://aalbc.com/authors/Frank+Hercules Frank Hercules