Difference between revisions of "Claude McKay"
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| − | First black to receive medal of the Jamaican Institute of Arts and Sciences, he used the money from the award to emigrate to US. Inaugurated the Harlem Renaissance with his writings. 'Home to Harlem' (1928) was the first novel by a black writer to be a bestseller. Co-editor of The Liberator magazine (1919-1922). Jamaica named him the national poet and posthumously awarded him the Order of Jamaica for his contribution to literature (1977). | + | First black to receive medal of the Jamaican Institute of Arts and Sciences, he used the money from the award to emigrate to US. Inaugurated the Harlem Renaissance with his writings. 'Home to Harlem' (1928) was the first novel by a black writer to be a bestseller. Other books include 'Romance in Marseilles' (1933). Co-editor of The Liberator magazine (1919-1922). Jamaica named him the national poet and posthumously awarded him the Order of Jamaica for his contribution to literature (1977). |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* http://www.biography.com/people/claude-mckay-9392654 | * http://www.biography.com/people/claude-mckay-9392654 | ||
* http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/mckay/cooper.htm | * http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/mckay/cooper.htm | ||
| + | * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2020/02/new-york-times-reads-claude-mckays-romance-in-marseille | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:11, 10 February 2020
Contents
Country
Jamaica
Birth - Death
1889 - 1948
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Order of Jamaica
Description
First black to receive medal of the Jamaican Institute of Arts and Sciences, he used the money from the award to emigrate to US. Inaugurated the Harlem Renaissance with his writings. 'Home to Harlem' (1928) was the first novel by a black writer to be a bestseller. Other books include 'Romance in Marseilles' (1933). Co-editor of The Liberator magazine (1919-1922). Jamaica named him the national poet and posthumously awarded him the Order of Jamaica for his contribution to literature (1977).
