Michael Gilkes (writer)

Michael Gilkes (born 1935 in Guyana) is a Caribbean critic, dramatist, filmmaker and university lecturer. He has been involved in theater for over 40 years.^[1] He currently resides in Bermuda.

Biography

He previously taught at the University of Guyana, the University of the West Indies (where he served as Reader in English and Head of the English department) in Barbados and the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia.^[1] He is currently a Quillian Visiting Professor at Randolph-Macon Women’s College.^[2]

His work includes Couvade (play, 1974), Wilson Harris and the Caribbean Novel (1975), The Literate Imagination (1989) and Twayne.

Awards

His play, A Pleasant Career, about the life and fiction of Edgar Mittelholzer, won the Guyana Prize for Drama in 1992.^[1] Joanstown and other poems, a collection of poetry, won the Guyana Prize for Best Book of Poetry in 2002.^[2] He won the Guyana Prize for Drama again in 2006 for his play The Last of the Redmen.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Michael Gilkes". The West Indian Encyclopedia. http://westindianencyclopedia.com/wiki/Dr._Michael_Gilkes. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Michael Gilkes". Peepal Tree Press. http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_display.asp?au_id=106. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 

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