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Kamau Brathwaite

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Barbadian poet (1930-2020)

MusiciansLived 1930 to 2020 · aged 89
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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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Awards 7

2015Robert Frost Medal
2006Musgrave Medal
1994Neustadt International Prize for Literature
1983Guggenheim Fellowship
1983Fulbright Scholarship
1970Cholmondeley Award
Order of Barbados

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Edward Kamau Brathwaite, was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. 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.

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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2020 · aged 89
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15 languages

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