Roger Mais

Roger Mais
OJ
Born(1905-08-11)11 August 1905
Kingston, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
Died21 June 1955(1955-06-21) (aged 49)
EducationCalabar High School
Occupation(s)Journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright
Notable workBrother Man (1954)

Roger Mais OJ (/ˈmeɪz/; 11 August 1905 – 21 June 1955) was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright. He was born to a middle-class family in Kingston, Jamaica. By 1951, he had won ten first prizes in West Indian literary competitions.[1] His integral role in the development of political and cultural nationalism is evidenced in his being awarded the high honour of the Order of Jamaica in 1978.[2]

  1. ^ Hawthorne, Evelyn J. "The Writer and the Nationalist Model", Roger Mais and the Decolonization of Caribbean Culture, NY: Peter Lang, 1989, p. 7.
  2. ^ Hawthorne, p. 4.