Unfortunately, three of the most influential figures of Caribbean literature left us in 2018: Guyanese author Wilson Harris, known for his poetry, novels and essays; St Lucian-born and California-based novelist Garth St. Omer and Trinidad and Tobago author V. S. Naipaul, Booker Prize winner in 1971 and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature. The impact of their works can be noted in the literary production of new generations of Caribbean writers as well as in the critical work published by scholars worldwide. In 2018, some prestigious literary prizes were awarded to established and debut Caribbean authors. Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison was one of the recipients of the 2018 Windham Campbell Prizes whilst two Trinidad and Tobago poets, Vahni Capildeo and Shivanee N. Ramlochan, were shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and Best First Collection, respectively. Another Trinidadian author, Celeste Mohammed, was one of the winners of the PEN America/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her short story “Six Months”. Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite received the 2018 PEN America/Voelcker Award for Poetry for his outstanding contribution to American literature. Finally, Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James was also presented with an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his exceptional accomplishments in literature. Some notable works of Caribbean creative and academic writing were published in 2018. Trinidad-born poet and 2016 Forward Prize winner Vahni Capildeo published her eighth collection of poems, Venus as a Bear, where she explores the animal world and its relationship with humans. Although migration, her most recurring motif, is still present in this collection, the rhetoric of movement and change is illustrated through the use of a number of cross-cultural and transnational metaphors marked by inanimate and nonhuman dimensions. Other themes of the collection include affection, shapeshifting, the natural world, language and the arts.

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不幸的是，加勒比文学界最有影响力的三位人物在 2018 年离开了我们：圭亚那作家威尔逊·哈里斯，以其诗歌、小说和散文而闻名；出生于圣卢西亚和加利福尼亚的小说家加思·圣奥梅尔和特立尼达和多巴哥作家 VS 奈保尔，1971 年布克奖获得者，2001 年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。他们作品的影响可以在新一代加勒比作家的文学作品以及世界各地学者发表的评论作品中体现出来。2018 年，一些著名的文学奖项被授予加勒比地区的知名作家和首次亮相的作家。牙买加诗人 Lorna Goodison 是 2018 年 Windham Campbell 奖的获得者之一，而两位特立尼达和多巴哥诗人 Vahni Capildeo 和 Shivanee N. Ramlochan，分别入围了最佳收藏和最佳首个收藏的前瞻奖。另一位特立尼达作家塞莱斯特·穆罕默德 (Celeste Mohammed) 是美国笔会/罗伯特·J·道 (Robert J. Dau) 新兴作家短篇小说奖的获奖者之一，她的短篇小说“六个月”。巴巴多斯诗人 Kamau Brathwaite 因其对美国文学的杰出贡献而获得 2018 年美国笔会/沃尔克诗歌奖。最后，曼·布克奖得主马龙·詹姆斯还因其在文学方面的杰出成就而获得了美国艺术与文学学院颁发的奖项。2018 年出版了一些著名的加勒比创意和学术写作作品。 特立尼达出生的诗人和 2016 年前进奖得主 Vahni Capildeo 出版了她的第八部诗集，维纳斯作为熊，在那里她探索了动物世界及其与人类的关系。尽管迁移，她最经常出现的主题仍然出现在这个系列中，但通过使用许多以无生命和非人类维度为标志的跨文化和跨国隐喻来说明运动和变化的修辞。该系列的其他主题包括情感、变形、自然世界、语言和艺术。