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James Berry


Born
in Portland Parish, Jamaica
September 28, 1924

Died
June 20, 2017

Genre
Fiction, Poetry


James Berry, OBE, Hon FRSL (1924-2017) was a black Jamaican poet and writer who settled in England in the 1940s. His poetry is notable for using a mixture of standard English and Jamaican Patois.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 1,077 ratings · 203 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors
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