Biography of mervyn morris
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Morris, Mervyn
Nationality: Jamaican. Born: Kingston in Education: Munro College, Kingston; University of the West Indies, Kingston (Government Exhibitioner); St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (Rhodes scholar). Family: Married; two sons and one daughter. Career: Formerly Senior English mästare, Munro College; assistant registrar, Warden of Taylor ingångsrum , from , senior lecturer in English, from , and later reader in West Indian literature, University of the West Indies; visiting lecturer, University of Kent, Canterbury, – Award: Institute of Jamaica Musgrave Medal, Address: Department of English, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
Publications
Poetry
The Pond. London, New Beacon, ; revised edition, New Beacon,
On Holy Week. Kingston, Sangster, ; as On Holy Week: A Sequence of Poems for Radio. Sydney, Dangaroo Press,
Shadowboxing. London, New Beacon,
Examination Centre: Poems. London, Beacon Books,
Other
Is English We Speaking: West In
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Mervyn Morris
Biography of Mervyn Morris
Mervyn Eustace Morris was born in in Kingston, Jamaica. Morris studied at the University College of the West Indies (UWI) and as a Rhodes Scholar at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. In , he began lecturing at UWI, where he went on to be appointed a Reader in West Indian Literature. In he was a UK Arts Council Visiting Writer-in-Residence at the South Bank Centre. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica, where he is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature. The photo above was taken during the Kingston Book Festival.
On April 15, , the Minister of Tourism and Entertainment formally announced Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate in 50 years, Prof. Mervyn Morris, at the National Library of Jamaica . This is a national honour that recognises a distinguished Jamaican poet for his/her significant contribution to the literary community. The Poet Laureate is expected to stimulate a greater appreciation for Jamaican poetry, write poems for n
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The University of the West Indies, Mona
Feb. 21,
Writer/Poet who is a literary giant and a cultural icon. Professor Morris work continued to appear widely in Caribbean, Commonwealth and British publications and since the late s he has built a solid reputation as a literary critic and essayist as well as one of Jamaica’s leading poets. He is widely known throughout the region and much respected as a perceptive contributor to cultural debate and activity as well as a poet with a wide audience and a reputation for moving and original verse.
Among his recurrent concerns are sexuality, the delicacy of relationships and the nature of independent thought and feeling, although his range of subjects is sor Morris has produced four collections of poems, The Pond, On Holy Week, Shadowboxing and Examination Centre.