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Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian poet (1930-2020) · Barbados · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Edward Kamau Brathwaite, was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.
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2020Died4 February 20202015Robert Frost MedalAward2006Musgrave MedalAward1994Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureAward1983Fulbright ScholarshipAwardGuggenheim FellowshipAward1970Cholmondeley AwardAward1930Born11 May 1930
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About this person
Formerly a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University, Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, for his volume of poetry Born to Slow Horses.
Country
Barbados
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2020 · aged 89
The same award as Kamau
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