Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian poet
- Born
- 11 May 1930, Bridgetown
- Died
- 4 February 2020, aged 89
- Birth name
- Lawson Edward Brathwaite
Edward Kamau Brathwaite (11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020), was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. Formerly a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University, Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, for his volume of poetry Born to Slow Horses.
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