Amryl Johnson

Amryl Johnson (6 April 1944 – 1 February 2001) was a writer born in Trinidad who lived most of her life in Britain.[1]

Amryl Johnson
Born(1944-04-06)6 April 1944
Trinidad
Died1 February 2001(2001-02-01) (aged 56)
OccupationPoet
NationalityTrinidadian British

Life

Johnson was born in Tunapuna, Trinidad, and moved to Britain when she was 11.[2] She attended secondary school in London and went on to study British, African and Caribbean literature at the University of Kent.[3] Much of her work concerned the diasporic nature of her life and the hostility she faced in Britain[1]. For a time, she taught at the University of Warwick but generally supported herself by writing and performing. During the late 1980s, she settled in Coventry.[1]

Her work was included in several anthologies, including News for Babylon: The Chatto Book of Westindian-British Poetry (1984), Let It Be Told: Essays by Black Women in Britain (1987), Watchers & Seekers: Creative Writing by Black Women in Britain (1987), Delighting the Heart (1989), Creation Fire: A CAFRA Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry (1990), Taking Reality by Surprise (1991), Daughters of Africa (1992) and OTHER: British and Irish Poetry since 1970 (1999).

Selected works
  • Shackles, poetry (1983)
  • Long Road to Nowhere, poetry (Virago, 1985)[4]
  • Sequins for a Ragged Hem, travel writing (Virago, 1988)[4]
  • Blood and Wine, audio recording (Cofa Press, 1991)[4]
  • Gorgons, poetry (Cofa Press, 1992)[4]
  • Tread Softly in Paradise (Cofa Press)[4]
  • Calling, poetry (2000)[4]

References
  1. Brown, Stuart (29 March 2001). "Obituary: Amryl Johnson". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. Stringer, Jenny, ed. (1996). The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191727573. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. Dabydeen, David; Gilmore, John; Jones, Cecily, eds. (2007). The Oxford Companion to Black British History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191727337. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. "Obituary: Amryl Johnson". Coventry & Warwickshire Network (CWN). 13 February 2001.
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