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Mervyn Morris (Mervyn Eustace Morris) was born on 21 February, 1937 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican academic and poet (born 1937). Discover Mervyn Morris's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

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Occupation Poet and academic
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 21 February 1937
Birthday 21 February
Birthplace Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality India

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1937

Mervyn Eustace Morris OM (born 21 February 1937) is a poet and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

According to educator Ralph Thompson, "In addition to his poetry, which has ranked him among the top West Indian poets, he was one of the first academics to espouse the importance of nation language in helping to define in verse important aspects of Jamaican culture."

1970

In 1970, he began lecturing at UWI, where he went on to be appointed a Reader in West Indian Literature.

1992

In 1992, he was a UK Arts Council Visiting Writer-in-Residence at the South Bank Centre.

He lives in Kingston, Jamaica, where he is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature.

1997

His collections include The Pond (revised edition, New Beacon Books, 1997), Shadowboxing (New Beacon Books, 1979), Examination Centre (New Beacon Books, 1992) and On Holy Week (a sequence of poems for radio, Dangaroo Press, 1993).

He also edited The Faber Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories and published "Is English We Speaking", and other essays.

2006

In 2006, Carcanet Press published his I been there, sort of: New and Selected Poems.

The best known poems by Morris include: "Little Boy Crying", "Family Pictures", "Love Is", "One, Two", "Home", "The Roaches", "The Pond" and "Critic".

2009

In 2009, Morris was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.

2014

Morris was Poet Laureate of Jamaica from 2014 to 2017.

Mervyn Morris was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and studied at the University College of the West Indies (UWI) and as a Rhodes Scholar at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

In 2014, Morris was appointed the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, the first to be accorded the title since the country's independence (the previous holders being Tom Redcam, who was appointed posthumously in 1933, and John Ebenezer Clare McFarlane, appointed in 1953).

The investiture ceremony took place at King's House on 22 May.

In March 2021, Morris was announced as the co-recipient, together with Edward Baugh, of the 2021 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award.

Morris has published several volumes of poetry, and has edited the works of other Caribbean writers.