Olive Senior | |
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Born | Trelawny, Cockpit Country, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire | 23 December 1941
Occupation | Poet, novelist, short-story and non-fiction writer |
Education | Montego Bay High School for Girls; Thomson Foundation; Carleton University School of Journalism |
Period | 1960s–present |
Notable works | Summer Lightning (1986); Gardening in the Tropics (1994); Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage (2004); Over The Roofs of the World (2005) |
Notable awards | Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Bressani Award; OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature; Poet Laureate of Jamaica, 2021 |
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Olive Marjorie Senior (born 23 December 1941)[1] is a Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal in 2005 by the Institute of Jamaica for her contributions to literature.[2] Other awards she has won include the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.[3][4] Senior was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2021, serving in the post until 2024.[5]
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