Who was c lr James?

Who was c lr James?

A genius, a seducer, a self-destructive wreck… the firebrand author, historian and critic was a complex, fragile human being, as John L Williams’s biography reveals C LR James died on a May morning in 1989.

Is CLR James really dead?

For years previously the sad news had been broken to those who called on the old revolutionary, sportsman and critic unannounced: “CLR James is dead.” For James it had become, John L Williams tells us in his new biography, something of a catchphrase.

What is the CL James Institute?

The C. L. R. James Institute was founded with James’s blessing by Jim Murray in 1983. Based in New York, and affiliated to the Centre for African Studies at Cambridge University, it has been run by Ralph Dumain since Murray’s death in 2003. A public library in the London Borough of Hackney is named in his honour.

What happened to LR James?

C LR James died on a May morning in 1989. He’d had a lot of practise. For years previously the sad news had been broken to those who called on the old revolutionary, sportsman and critic unannounced: “CLR James is dead.” For James it had become, John L Williams tells us in his new biography, something of a catchphrase.