Louise Bennett-Coverley

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actress comedian cultural icon folklorist human performer poet storyteller

Louise Bennett-Coverley was a pioneering Jamaican poet, folklorist, and performer renowned for legitimizing Jamaican Patois in literature and theatre and for her influential work in Caribbean cultural expression.

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instanceOf actress ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
cultural icon ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
performer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
awardReceived Member of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of Merit (Jamaica) NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1919-09-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
deathDate 2006-07-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Excelsior College (Jamaica) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
employer Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaican Social Welfare Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork folklore ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre folklore ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Afro-Jamaican ⓘ
hasInfluenced Caribbean performance poetry ⓘ
contemporary Jamaican writers ⓘ
influenced Caribbean cultural expression ⓘ
Jamaican poetry ⓘ
Jamaican theatre ⓘ
knownFor legitimizing Jamaican Patois in literature ⓘ
popularizing Jamaican folklore ⓘ
radio and television performances in Jamaican Patois ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Jamaican Patois NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Caribbean literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
name Louise Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louise Bennett-Coverley NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname Miss Lou NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Anancy Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aunty Roachy Seh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caribbean Rhythms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica Labrish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laugh with Louise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Selected Poems of Louise Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
broadcaster ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Eric Winston Coverley NERFINISHED ⓘ

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