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词条 J. E. Clare McFarlane
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  1. Life

  2. Works

  3. References

J. E. Clare McFarlane (1894-1962) was a Jamaican civil servant and poet. He was Jamaica's second Poet Laureate.

Life

McFarlane was born in Spanish Town, and educated at Cornwall College.[1] A founder of the Poetry League of Jamaica in 1923, McFarlane compiled several anthologies and published five collections of poetry. He was the first Jamaican financial secretary.[2]

McFarlane was appointed Poet Laureate in 1953, and held the title until his death.[3]

His sons Basil and R. L. Clare McFarlane were also poets.

Works

  • (ed.) Voices from Summerland, 1929
  • Daphne: A Tale of the Hills of St. Andrew, Jamaica, 1931
  • The Challenge of our Time, 1945
  • (ed.) A Treasury of Jamaican Poetry, 1950
  • A Literature in the Making, 1956
  • The Magdalene: The Story of Supreme Love, 1957

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Wycliffe Bennett|editor=Eugene Benson; L.W. Conolly|title=Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGfMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA994|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-46848-5|page=994|chapter=McFarlane, John Ebenzer (sic.) Clare}}
2. ^{{cite book|author1=Pat Dunn|author2=Pamela Mordecai|editor=Daniel Balderston |editor2=Mike Gonzalez |editor3=Ana M. Lopez|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kp6FAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA942|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-78852-1|page=942|chapter=McFarland, John Ebenezer Clare}}
3. ^Former Poets Laureate
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