Vincent Eri

Vincent Eri

Sir Vincent Serei Eri, GCMG (12 September 1936, Moveave, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea – 25 May 1993, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) was the fifth Governor General of Papua New Guinea and is often cited as being the first Papua New Guinean national to write a novel, The Crocodile in English. It was published in 1970 but Ligeremaluoga is quoted as having published a book called "The Noble Savage" in 1932. It was an account of his life up until approximately 1932.