| LC control no. | n 50043071 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9230.9.B68 |
| Personal name heading | Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020 |
| Variant(s) | Brathwaite, Edward Kamau, 1930-2020 Brathwaite, Edward, 1930-2020 Brathwaite, E. Kamau (Edward Kamau), 1930-2020 Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930- |
| Associated country | Barbados |
| Associated place | Jamaica England United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1930-05-11 |
| Death date | 2020-02-04 |
| Place of birth | Bridgetown (Barbados) |
| Place of death | Barbados |
| Affiliation | University of the West Indies University of Sussex Pembroke College (University of Cambridge) New York University |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Historians Dramatists Editors College teachers |
| Found in | His Iouanaloa, 1963. His The folk culture of the slaves in Jamaica, 1981: t.p. (Edward Kamau Brathwaite) His Middle passages, 1992: t.p. (Kamau Brathwaite) Letter from author, dated 11-4-93 (my official name and that which I intend on using on all my books is Kamau Brathwaite) Three Caribbean poets on their work, c1993: t.p. (E. Kamau Brathwaite) Eastern Carolina U Writers of the Caribbean WWW site, Mar. 30, 2004 (Edward "Kamau" Brathwaite, b. Bridgetown, Barbados, May 11, 1930) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Brathwaite, Edward Kamau, born Lawson Edward Brathwaite; Caribbean poet, historian, dramatist, and cultural theorist, educator, literary critic, magazine and journal editor / publisher); born 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados; given the name "Kamau" while in Kenya; BA (1953) and Diploma of Education (1954) from Pembroke College, Cambridge; doctorate from the University of Sussex; worked for the Ministry of Education in Gold Coast (now Ghana); was a Resident Tutor in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies in St. Lucia; professor of history at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in Kingston, Jamaica cofounded the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) from London, launched CAM's journal, Savacou; professor of comparative literature at New York University; won various prestigious awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1994)) Wikipedia, 10 Feb. 2021 (Kamau Brathwaite; Edward Kamau Brathwaite; b. 11 May 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados; d. 4 Feb. 2020 in Barbados; Barbadian poet and academic; professor emeritus of comparative literature at New York University; resided in New York and Barbados; male pronouns) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | nb 99188249 |
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