Raoul Pantin

Raoul Pantin (5 June 1943 – 15 January 2015) was a Trinidad and Tobago journalist, editor, poet and playwright. He penned six plays during his career. Pantin survived the 1990 Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt and terrorist attack, in which he and other employees of the Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) station were held hostage for six days. He later chronicled his first-hand account of the coup attempt in a 163-page book, Days of Wrath: The 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago.

Early life and education Pantin was born on 5 June 1943. continuing to work as a columnist for the paper until his death in 2015. He was survived by two daughters, Pilar and Mandisa. He also has one grandchild, Jaliyah Phillips.

Selected publications Black Power Day Days of Wrath: The 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago Journey (poems) The Trinidad Express Story