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Opal Palmer Adisa

American poet and academic · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1954 · age 72

Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaican and American poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications, she has been a regular performer of her work internationally.

Opal Palmer Adisa is read about 4 times a day, in 7 languages.

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Awards

PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award1993

About this person

Professor Emeritus at California College of the Arts, Adisa is also the current Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica, where she currently resides.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72

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