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21 Ιουν 2023 · They are James Berry, John Agard, Benjamin Zephaniah, Louise Bennet, Kei Miller and Grace Nichols. All six poems offer an insight into the stories and aspirations of those arriving on the Windrush and paint a vivid picture of the remarkable diversity that Caribbean culture has contributed to the UK.
three poets – Lorna Goodison, James Berry and Louise Bennett – have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to create an epistolary voice that is both literary and oral.
James Berry, OBE, Hon. FRSL (28 September 1924 – 20 June 2017), [1] was a Jamaican poet who settled in England in the 1940s. His poetry is notable for using a mixture of standard English and Jamaican Patois. [2]
One of the first black writers in Britain to achieve wider recognition, Berry rose to prominence in 1981 when he won the National Poetry Competition. His five collections of poetry and his stories and poems for children have been widely acclaimed.
One of the first black writers to achieve wider recognition, he was awarded an OBE in 1990 and was a strong advocate for young black writers. He divided his time between Great Britain and Jamaica until his death in 2017.
29 Οκτ 2013 · This pioneering programme seeks to give poetry a more central place in young people’s learning. If you think poetry is dull or inaccessible – or simply too difficult – go to the Poetry Archive and listen to a poem called Childhood Tracks read by its author, James Berry.
This major retrospective of his work covers five collections published over four decades, plus a selection from four books of poetry for children. Much of his poetry celebrates the divided world of...
