Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell
Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell | |
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Born | San Fernando, Trinidad |
Nationality | Trinidadian |
Other names | Marina Maxwell; Marina Maxwell Omowale |
Education | Michigan State University |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, performer, poet, novelist |
Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell, also known as Marina Maxwell and Marina Maxwell Omowale,
Biography
Born in
In London during the 1960s she was associated with the
Her 1968 drama Play Mas′ — one of several
Maxwell is the author of several books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and has also contributed articles and reviews to various publications.[11]
She has served as president of the Writers' Union of Trinidad and Tobago (WUTT),[12] which she founded in 1980.[13]
Selected writings
- "Towards a Revolution in the Arts", Savacou 2 (September 1970), pp. 19–32.[14]
- About our own business, Drum Mountain Publications, 1981
- Chopstix in Mauby: A Novel of Magical Realism, ISBN 978-0948833960
- Decades to Ama, Peepal Tree Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1845230173
- The 8th Octave: A Magical Realism/real Maravilloso Novel, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago: Drum Mountain Publications of Omnamedia Productions, 2012[15]
References
- ^ The Artists Coalition of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT).
- ^ Alison Donnell, Sarah Lawson Welsh (eds), The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature, p. 349.
- ^ a b Stephen Voyce, Poetic Community: Avant-Garde activism and Cold War Culture, University of Toronto Press, 2013, pp. 158–159.
- ^ Brathwaite, Edward Kamau (June 1978). "The Love Axe/L: Developing a Caribbean Aesthetic 1962-1974". Bim. 63: 181-192.
- ^ a b Helen Gilbert and Joanne Tompkins, Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics, Routledge, 1996, p. 158.
- ^ "Flying T&T flag high", Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 27 June 2011.
- ^ a b Ruth Craggs and Claire Wintle (eds), Cultures of Decolonisation: Transnational productions and practices, 1945-70, Manchester University Press, 2016.
- ^ Martin Banham (ed.), "Trinidad and Tobago", in The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, Cambridge University Press, 1995 edn, p. 1125.
- ^ "Who's got history? Kamau Brathwaite's 'Gods of the Middle Passage'", The Free Library. 1994, University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Quoted in Anson Gonzalez, Bare Boards and a Passion – The Early Theatre of Trinidad and Tobago, 30 November 1973. Via Literatures in English at UWI, St Augustine.
- ^ "Maxwell, Marina Ama Omowale" at WorldCat.
- ^ "Writers' group honours Keens-Douglas", Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 16 July 2006.
- ^ "Local writer makes her way into Wikipedia". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 17 July 2011.
- ^ West Indian Social Science Index, St. Augustine, 1974, p. 59.
- OCLC 870684536. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via WorldCat.
Further reading
- Mollie McFee, "Aspirational Nations: Language, Intimacy, and Twentieth-Century Caribbean Culture", The University of Chicago, June 2017.