Marion Patrick Jones

Marion Patrick Jones
Jones in 2016
Jones in 2016
BornMarion Patrick Jones
(1931-08-16)16 August 1931
Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Died2 March 2016(2016-03-02) (aged 84)
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Pen name
  • Marion Glean
  • Marion O'Callaghan
  • Marion Glean O'Callaghan
OccupationNovelist, librarian and community activist
NationalityTrinidadian
EducationSt Joseph's Convent
Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, St Augustine
Alma materUniversity of London, London School of Economics
Notable works
  • Pan Beat (1973)
  • J'Ouvert Morning (1976)
SpouseBenedict Glean
Maurice O'Callaghan

Marion Patrick Jones (16 August 1931 – 2 March 2016) was a Trinidadian novelist, whose training was in the fields of library science and social anthropology.[1] She is also known by the names Marion Glean and Marion O'Callaghan (her married name).[2] Living in Britain during the 1960s, she was also an activist within the black community.[3] She was the author of two notable novels – Pan Beat, first published in 1973, and J'Ouvert Morning (1976) – and also wrote non-fiction.

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  2. ^ Barbara Fister, "O'Callaghan, Marion", Third World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to Materials in English, Greenwood Press, 1995, p. 226.
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