Alfred Fagon

Alfred Fagon (25 June 1937 - 29 August 1986) was a Jamaican-born playwright, poet and actor.[1]

Legacy

Bronze bust of Alfred Fagon in St Paul's, Bristol

There is a statue of Fagon in St Paul's, Bristol, where he lived, on corner of Ashley Road and Grosvenor Road. The bronze bust was sculpted by David G Mutasa and commissioned by the Friends of Fagon committee, chaired by Paul Stephenson, on the first anniversary of his death in 1987.[2] The location was chosen because Fagon would often say "the heart of St. Paul’s is at the corner of Ashley Road and Grosvenor Road”.[3]

In 1996 the Alfred Fagon Award, an annual award for the best new play by a Black British playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the United Kingdom, was founded to commemorate his life and work.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fagon; Alfred | BPA". www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  2. ↑ "Statue of Alfred Fagon". Port Cities Bristol. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  3. ↑ Smith, Joseph (2017-10-22). "Five ground-breaking figures from Bristol's black history". bristolpost. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  4. ↑ Pinnock, Winsome (2010-12-14). "The Alfred Fagon awards: the best of black British playwriting? | Winsome Pinnock". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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