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词条 Patricia Glinton-Meicholas
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  1. Biography

  2. Selected works[1][2]

  3. References

  4. External links

Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (born 1950) is a writer, cultural critic, historian and educator in the Bahamas.[1]

Biography

She was born on Cat Island, Bahamas,[2] and was educated at the University of the West Indies and the University of Miami. She was employed as an administrator at the College of the Bahamas,[1] where she has also been a lecturer and academic dean.[2] The College presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for culture and literature in 2014.[3][4][7]

She was the first woman to present the Sir Lynden Pindling Memorial Lecture, the first winner of the Bahamas Cacique Award for Writing and, in 1998, received the Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.[5] Her poetry has appeared in various journals and she is included in the Anthology of Caribbean Poetry published by the Government of Guyana. Her poetry collection Chasing Light was a finalist in the 2012 International Proverse Prize Competition sponsored by Proverse Publishing Hong Kong.[6]

She co-founded the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies and has edited its journal Yinna. She has written and directed six television historical documentaries for the Bahamas National Trust. She has written several academic papers and published a monograph on Bahamian folktales.[2]

Glinton-Meicholas is married to Neko Meicholas and has one son.[2]

Selected works[1][2]

  • An Evening in Guanima, collected folktales (1993)
  • A Shift in the Light, novel
  • No Vacancy in Paradise, collected poems
  • Robin’s Song, collected poems (2001)
  • Chasing Light, collected poems (Proverse Hong Kong, 2013). Proverse Prize Finalist 2012.
  • Years of Favour, history of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of The Bahamas, with photographs by Neko Meicholas and Carla Glinton
  • Bahamian Art 1492 to 1992, history, with Huggins and Smith
  • Talkin' Bahamian
  • More Talkin' Bahamian
  • How To Be a True-True Bahamian
  • How to Be a True-True Bahamian 2
  • The Sinking of HMBS Flamingo and Its Roots in United States, Cuba and Bahamas Relationships

References

1. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=nGfMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA585 |title=Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English |page=585 |last=Benson |first=Eugene |author2=Conolly, L W |year=2004 |ISBN=1134468482}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.womensuffragebahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PatriciaGlintonMeicholasBio.pdf |title=Patricia Glinton-Meicholas |publisher=Women's Suffrage Bahamas}}
3. ^Pam Burnside, "CN Members Continue to Garner Awards", Creative Nassau, 16 May 2014.
4. ^Alesha Cadet, "A Colour Of Harmony At Cob", Tribune242, 23 April 2014.
5. ^"About Patricia Glinton-Meicholas", website.
6. ^Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, "Patricia Glinton-Meicholas on the 2016 Bahamas Gender Equality Referendum" - biographical note, The Bahamas Weekly, 2 July 2016.

External links

  • Patricia Glinton-Meicholas website.
  • [https://vimeo.com/156204125 "Patricia Glinton-Meicholas - Boxed in-Reflections of Bahamian Issues"]. The College of The Bahamas and The NAGB Talks.
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