Anthony Kellman

Anthony Kellman
Born24 April 1955 (1955-04-24) (age 69)
Whitehall, Saint Michael, Barbados
EducationUniversity of the West Indies Louisiana State University
Occupations
  • Poet
  • novelist
  • musician
  • professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Augusta University

Anthony Kellman (born 24 April 1955) is a Barbados-born poet, novelist, and musician.

In 1990, the British publishing house Peepal Tree Press published his first full-length book of poetry, Watercourse, which was endorsed by the late Martiniquan poet Edouard Glissant and which launched Kellman's international writing career.[1] Since 1990, he has published three novels, four CD recordings of original songs, and four additional books of poetry, including Limestone: An Epic Poem of Barbados, the island's first published epic poem which covers over four centuries of Barbadian life.[2][3][4]

In 1992, he edited the first full-length U.S. anthology of English-language Caribbean poetry, Crossing Water,[2][3][5][6] and in 1993, he received a U.S. National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship.[5][7]

Kellman is the originator of the Barbados poetic form Tuk Verse, derived from melodic and rhythmical patterns of Barbados's indigenous folk music.[4]

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