Cecil Gray (poet)

Cecil Gray (February 11, 1923 – March 14, 2020) was a Caribbean poet, former educator, and the author of several textbooks and anthologies of West Indian literature. He resided in Canada.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Gray was born in

London University. For over a decade, he served as a Senior Lecturer then as Director of the In-Service Diploma in Education Programme at the Mona and St. Augustine campuses of the University of the West Indies

.

Gray's first book of poetry, The Woolgatherer,

Bim and Savacou and in anthologies of Caribbean literature.^[1] His reading and literature textbooks include Bite In, Language for Life, and Swing Into English, as well as West Indian Poetry: An Anthology for Schools^{[permanent dead link]} (with Kenneth Ramchand

).

In 1976, Gray was awarded the Medal of Merit Class 1 Gold of the Order of the Trinity by the government of Trinidad and Tobago for contributions to education and culture.[4] Most importantly, his efforts contributed significantly to the introduction and integration of West Indian literature into the official curriculum of West Indian secondary schools.

References

^ ^a ^b "Cecil Gray". Peepal Tree Press. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ "Cecil Rodrick GRAY". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "The Woolgatherer". Peepal Tree Press. 1994-01-03. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ "UWI Mona Conference Biography". Mona.uwi.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

External links

Cecil Gray, "Encounters With Poetry" (essay) in Writing Life - Reflections by West Indian Writers.

[biog-1] "Cecil Gray". Peepal Tree Press. Retrieved 2017-05-19.

[2] "Cecil Rodrick GRAY". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[3] "The Woolgatherer". Peepal Tree Press. 1994-01-03. Retrieved 2017-05-19.

[4] "UWI Mona Conference Biography". Mona.uwi.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

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