Edward Baugh

Edward Baugh
CD
Born
Edward Alston Cecil Baugh

(1936-01-10)10 January 1936
Port Antonio, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
Died9 December 2023(2023-12-09) (aged 87)
Kingston, Jamaica
Alma materUniversity College of the West Indies;
Queen's University, Canada;
University of Manchester
Occupation(s)Poet and scholar
Notable workWest Indian Poetry 1900–1970: A Study in Cultural Decolonisation (1971);
Derek Walcott: Memory as Vision (1978)
AwardsBocas Henry Swanzy Award, 2021

Edward Alston Cecil Baugh CD (10 January 1936 – 9 December 2023) was a Jamaican poet and scholar, recognised as an authority on the work of Derek Walcott,[1] whose Selected Poems (2007) Baugh edited, having in 1978 authored the first book-length study of the Nobel-winning poet's work, Derek Walcott: Memory as Vision.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cooper, Carolyn (27 November 2012), "6th Edward Baugh Distinguished lecture". Jamaica Woman Tongue.
  2. ^ "Edward Baugh", The Literary Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ "Professor Edward Baugh, Jamaican poet and academic, has died", The Loop News, 10 December 2023.