A. L. Hendriks

Arthur Lemiere Hendriks was a Jamaican poet, writer, and broadcasting director. He was born in 1922. He fathered five daughters and two sons. Mr. Hendriks died in 1992.

Hendriks was educated at Glasgow College West Coast and wrote poetry. He was particularly well known for his contributions to the "Christian Science Monitor", "The Daily Gleaner", and BIM (Barbadian Literary Magazine). He also contributed as a columnist and literary critic to the "Daily Gleaner". He entered broadcasting when he became Director of Caribbean Broadcasting in Barbados, Thompson Television in London and Trinidad and Tobago Television. In 1965, he was working as General Manager and Consultant to the Jamaican Broadcasting Company.

Works

* "These Green Islands, and Other Poems" (Bolivar Press, 1971)
* "To Speak Simply: Selected Poems 1961-1986" (Hippopotamus Press, 1988)
* "On this mountain: and Other Poems" (Deutsch, 1965)
* "Check" (Headland Publications, 1988 - compilation with Harris and Hendricks)
* "Naked Ghost and Other Poems" (Outposts Pubns., 1984)
* "The Islanders, and Other Poems" (Savacou Co-operative, 1983)
* "Muet" (Outposts Pubns., 1971)
* "Madonna of the Unknown Nation" (Workshop P, N4, 1974)