PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1993) Winner
Opal Palmer Adisa
オパル・パーマー・アディサ
Opal Palmer Adisa
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1954-11-06 （near Kingston, Jamaica）
- Nationality
- Jamaican, American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- near Kingston, Jamaica → New York, USA → San Francisco Bay Area, USA → Mona, Jamaica
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, performance artist, educator, university director
- Active Years
- 1985-
- Affiliations
- California College of the Arts, Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies, Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies
- Influenced By
- Louise Bennett
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter College | — | — | — | 1970年頃 | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | Creative Writing | MA | 1979年 | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | — | MA | — | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | — | PhD | — | United States |
Hunter College
Period:
1970年頃
Country:
United States
High school study abroad
San Francisco State University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Period:
1979年
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
MA in creative writing
San Francisco State University
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Second master's degree
University of California, Berkeley
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Pushcart Prize | Duppy Get Her | 短編小説 | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award | Tamarind and Mango Women | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
Pushcart Prize
1987
Work:
Duppy Get Her
Category:
短編小説
Result:
受賞
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1992
Work:
Tamarind and Mango Women
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories
1986 short story collectionShort story collection including guava stories
Caribbean culturewomen's experiences
It Begins With Tears
1997 novelNovel starting with tears
Caribbean literature
Tamarind and Mango Women
1992 poetry collectionPoetry about tamarind and mango women
womennation language
Bibliography
- Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories (1986)
- It Begins With Tears (1997)
- Until Judgement Comes (2007)
- Painting Away Regrets (2011)
- Love's Promise (2017)
- Traveling Women (1989)
- Fierce Love (1992)
- Tamarind and Mango Women (1992)
- Leaf-of-Life (2000)
- The Tongue Is a Drum (2002)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- use of nation languageinfusing Caribbean sensibilities
- Recurring Motifs
- oppression of womeninjustices to the poorstorytelling
Legacy
Jamaican-American poet and novelist contributing to Caribbean literature, using nation language to give voice to the voiceless.
Quotes
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Nation language allows me to infuse the poem with all of the smells and colors of home.
Source: Interview (2008)
Trivia
- Anthologized in more than 400 publications
- Poetry collections with jazz recordings