Article: Caribbean poet Brathwaite awarded $40,000 prize for literature

Article: Caribbean poet awarded Neustadt prize
Call and Post (Cincinnati);  April 21, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Cincinnati) 04-21-1994 Caribbean poet awarded Neustadt prize. The Caribbean poet, E. Kamau Brathwaite ... the 1976 Casa de las Americas Prize for Poetry) were followed ... the 1986 Casa de las Americas Prize for Literary Criticism ...

Article: Trent University announces appearance by Caribbean ...
M2 Presswire;  February 8, 2006 ;     551 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2006-TRENT UNIVERSITY: Trent University announces appearance by Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison; Eighth annual Rooke Lecture series continues February 9(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07022006 ...

Article: Caribbean Poet Wins Nobel Literature Prize
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 8, 1992 ;     604 words ...STOCKHOLM, Sweden West Indian poet Derek Walcott won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature today for his luminous writings evoking the cultural mix of his Caribbean homeland. "In him West Indian culture has found its great poet," the Swedish academy said of Walcott, 62, in awarding him the $1.2

Article: Renowned Caribbean poet Aime Cesaire dies
Chicago Defender;  April 30, 2008 ;     306 words ...Poet and political activist Aime Cesaire died in Martinique. He was 94. Cesaire became famous for promoting Black consciousness and challenging the political establishment. He was partly responsible for use of the word "negritude," a term affirming pride in Black identity. In 2006, he refused to

Article: Kamua Braithwaite Reads in Harlem
The Weekly Gleaner;  October 19, 2006 ;     561 words ... ... for literature and the Casa de las Americas Prize. The Barbadian bom writer shares his ... Prize 2006. Come hear this celebrated Caribbean poet at Hue-Man in Harlem on October 26 ... for literature and the Casa de las Americas Prize

Article: 2009 Arts Festival to Bring Celebrated Writers to Macon
Targeted News Service;  February 3, 2009 ;     639 words ... ... 3218 or email at sharon.colley@maconstate.edu. Caribbean poet Lillian Allen will open the festival at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday ... Dragon, and Growing Up Cuban in Decatur, Georgia. Renowned Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison will close the festival 4:00 p.m, Thursday ...

Article: Letter from the editor.
Journal of Caribbean Literatures;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to establish its own regional/national language. The Caribbean poet's voice, the self, is always at the center of the poetry ... may be one of invisibility, the lack of identity that the Caribbean poet experiences; perhaps the lack of being seen. This idea ...