Morris, Mervyn
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Name (Latin)
Morris, Mervyn
Date of birth
1937-02-21
Place of birth
Jamaica
Associated country
Jamaica
Associate group
University of the West Indies
Occupation
Authors
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Poems from ... 1966.
- Examination centre, 1992:t.p. (Mervyn Morris) jkt. (b. Jamaica; educ. Jamaica and Oxford; currently at Univ. of the West Indies)
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1937)
Wikipedia description:
Mervyn Eustace Morris OM (born 21 February 1937) is a poet, writer, editor and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. His poetry is well respected throughout the Caribbean, which has consistently ranked him among the top West Indian poets. He was also one of the first academics to espouse the importance of nation language in helping to define in verse important aspects of Jamaican culture." Morris was Poet Laureate of Jamaica from 2014 to 2017.
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