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Valerie Bloom

ヴァレリー・ブルーム

Varerī Burūmu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1956 (Clarendon Parish, Jamaica)
Nationality
Jamaican, British
Languages
English, Jamaican Patois
Residence History
Kent, England

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist
Active Years
1983-
Influenced By
Louise Bennett

Education

University of Kent
Degree: Honours degree and honorary master's degree
Country: United Kingdom
Later awarded an honorary master's degree

Awards

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
2008
Organization: British Monarchy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Touch Mi! Tell Mi!

1983 Poetry

Poetry collection

Jamaican culture

Duppy Jamboree

1992 Children's poetry

Children's poetry book

Folklore

Surprising Joy

2003 Novel

First novel

The Tribe

2007 Novel

Children's novel

Bibliography

  • Touch Mi! Tell Mi! (1983)
  • Duppy Jamboree (1992)
  • Ackee, Breadfruit, Callaloo (1999)
  • Fruits (1997)
  • Let Me Touch the Sky (2000)
  • The World Is Sweet (2000)
  • Hot Like Fire (2002)
  • Surprising Joy (2003)
  • Whoop an' Shout (2003)
  • The Tribe (2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Use of Jamaican PatoisColloquial style
Recurring Motifs
Jamaican cultureNatureIdentity

Legacy

Jamaican-born UK-based poet and novelist known for her use of Jamaican Patois.

Trivia

  • Regarded as a successor to Louise Bennett
  • Provides 'crash course' in Patois during performances