Lloyd Fernando

Lloyd Fernando Biography

• He is a Malaysian who born in Sri Lanka.
• At the age of 12, he migrated to Singapore with his family.
• This early migration across the Indian Ocean has an enriching influence on Fernando,the writer of scholar,as it was to plant the seed of transcultural and diasporic imigination in him.
• His father were killed in Japanese bombing raids.
• Following  his father death,Fernando started working as a trishaw rider,construction laborer and apprentice mechanic to support his family.
• Joined the Ceylon Branch of the Indian National Army.
• After the war,Fernando completed his Cambridge School Certificate and embarked on a school teaching career.
• 1955-he enrolled University of Singapore graduating in 1959 with two Honours in English and Philosophy.
• 1960-Joined University of Malaya in KL as an assistant lecturer.
• Returned to the same post 4 years,had obtained his PHD in English from University of Leeds,England.
• 1967- elevated to Professor and Head of English at UM held until 1979.
• He went back to England and studied law at City University.
• Joined a firm and admitted as Advocate and Solicitor in High Court of Malaya in 1980 at the age 54.
• Passed away in 2008 -leaving behind his wife Marie,2 daughter and 4 grandchildren.