Erna Brodber

Erna Brodber (born 20 April 1940) is a Jamaican writer, sociologist and social activist.[1] She is the sister of writer Velma Pollard.

Biography

Born in Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, she gained a B.A. from the University College of the West Indies, followed by an M.Sc and Ph.D. She subsequently worked as a civil servant, teacher, sociology lecturer, and at the Institute for Social and Economic Research in Mona, Jamaica.[1]

She is the author of four novels: Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (1980), Myal (1988), Louisiana (1994) and The Rainmaker's Mistake[2] (2007). She won the Caribbean and Canadian regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1989 for Myal.[3] In 1999 she received the Jamaican Musgrave Gold Award for Literature and Orature.[4] Brodber currently works as a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer in Jamaica. She is currently Writer in Residence at the University of the West Indies.

Bibliography

Novels[5]

Articles for the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Jamaica[5]

Non-fiction

References

  1. 1 2 Lichtenstein, David P. "A Brief Biography of Erna Brodber". Literature of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. Annie Paul, "Black rain", Caribbean Review of Books, February 2008.
  3. Harris, Jennifer. "Career and Awards". biography.jrank.org. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. "Erna Brodber", The Spaces between Words - Conversations with Writers.
  5. 1 2 Lichtenstein, David P. "Works". Literature of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  6. http://www.uwipress.com/books/nothing’s-mat

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