Agymah Kamau

Kwadwo Agymah Kamau is a Barbadian American[1] novelist.

Life

A native of Barbados, he moved to New York in 1977. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University. He graduated from Baruch College of CUNY with a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree (1985)[1] in quantitative economics. He served first as a statistician at the New York City Department of Investigation, then as a senior economist at the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance. He studied with Paule Marshall at Virginia Commonwealth University in the MFA program.

His work has appeared in Callaloo, Caribbean Vibes, Gumbo,[2] InSyte Magazine,[3] He teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma.[4]

Awards

  • 2000 Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts nomination
  • 2000 Commonwealth of Virginia/Library of Virginia Literary Award
  • 2000 ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award for Pictures of a Dying Man
  • 2000 Gustavus Myers Book Award, finalist for Pictures of a Dying Man
  • 2003 Whiting Award

Works

  • Flickering Shadows. Coffee House Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-56689-049-6.
  • Pictures of a Dying Man. Coffee House Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-56689-087-8.

References

  1. 1 2 Carol Brennan, "Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah 1960(?)–". Contemporary Black Biography, 2001. Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ↑ Marita Golden, E. Lynn Harris (eds), Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing, Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, 2002.
  3. ↑ Biographical note, 24th Annual Literary Festival.
  4. ↑ Department of English, University of Oklahoma. Archived August 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
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