Henry Swanzy

For the Irish ophthalmic surgeon, see Henry Rosborough Swanzy.

Henry Swanzy
Born
Henry Valentine Leonard Swanzy

(1915-06-14)14 June 1915
Glanmire Rectory, near Cork, Ireland
Died19 March 2004(2004-03-19) (aged 88)
Bishop's Stortford, England
EducationWellington College, Berkshire
Alma materNew College, Oxford
OccupationRadio producer
Known forProducer of BBC programme Caribbean Voices

Henry Swanzy (14 June 1915 – 19 March 2004) was an Anglo-Irish radio producer in Britain's BBC General Overseas Service who is best known for his role in promoting West Indian literature particularly through the programme Caribbean Voices, where in 1946 he took over from Una Marson, the programme's first producer. Swanzy introduced unpublished writers and continued the magazine programme "with energy, critical insight and generosity".[1] It is widely acknowledged that "his influence on the development of Caribbean literature has been tremendous".[2]

  1. ^ Erika J. Waters, "Interview With John J. M. Figueroa", The Caribbean Writer, 2010, quoting Figueroa's introduction to his anthology Caribbean Voices (Evans Brothers, 1971).
  2. ^ CaribArts Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, May 2004.