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Lorna Goodison
Jamaican poet and visual artist · Jamaica · On the map · Writers · Born 1947 · age 79
Lorna Gaye Goodison is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades.
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2018Windham-Campbell Literature PrizesAward1999Musgrave MedalAward1987Commonwealth Writers' PrizeAward1947Born1 August 1947
Awards
About this person
She is now professor emerita, English Language and Literature/Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, previously serving as the Lemuel A. Johnson Professor of English and African and Afroamerican Studies. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2017, serving in the role until 2020.
Country
Jamaica
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1947 · age 79
The same award as Lorna
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Murray BailBoth received Commonwealth Writers' PrizeEarl LovelaceBoth received Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Carol Ann DuffyBoth received Poet LaureateAdaobi Tricia NwaubaniBoth received Commonwealth Writers' PrizeKaren King-AribisalaBoth received Commonwealth Writers' Prize