Kamau Brathwaite

Barbadian poet

The Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB (/kəˈm ˈbræθwt/; 11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020)[1] was a Barbadian poet and academic. He was thought to be one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.[2] He was a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University.

Kamau Brathwaite
BornLawson Edward Brathwaite
(1930-05-11)11 May 1930
Bridgetown, Barbados
Died4 February 2020(2020-02-04) (aged 89)
Barbados
Pen nameEdward Brathwaite; Edward Kamau Brathwaite
OccupationPoet, academic
NationalityBarbadian
Notable worksRights of Passage (1967)
RelativesJoan Brathwaite

Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, for his poem Born to Slow Horses.[3]

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  1. "Noted Barbadian poet and historian Brathwaite dies". Jamaica Observer. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Staff (2011). "Kamau Brathwaite.", New York University, Department of Comparative Literature.
  3. Staff (2006). "Kamau Brathwaite.", The Griffin Poetry Prize. The Griffin Poetry Prize, 2006.