Velma Pollard. Courtesy Repeating Islands.
Velma Pollard (born 1937) is a Jamaican poet.[1]
Life[]
Pollard grew up in Woodside, a rural village in Jamaica, where her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer.[1] She won her first prize for poetry at the age of 7.[2]
She was educated at Excelsior High School in Kingston and at the University College of the West Indies. She received an M.A. in Education from McGill University, Montreal, and a second M.A. teaching of English teaching from Columbia University, New York.[2]
Pollard has taught in high schools and universities in Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, and the United States. From 1975 she taught at the University of the West Indies, where she rose to Senior Lecturer in Language Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education.[2]
Recognition[]
Her short story collection, Karl and other Stories, won the Casa de las Americas in 1992.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Crown Point, and other poems. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 1988.
- Shame trees Don't Grow Here: But poincianas bloom. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 1992.
- The Best Philosophers I Know Can’t Read or Write. London: Mango, 2001.
- Leaving Traces. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2008.
- And Caret Bay Again: New and selected poems. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2013.
Novel[]
- Homestretch. Harlow, Essex, UK: Longman, 1994.
Short fiction[]
- Considering Woman. London: Woman's Press, 1989.
- revised & expanded as Considering Woman I & II. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2010.
- Karl, and other stories. Harlow, Essex, UK: Longman, 1994.
- includes "Georgia and Them There United States".
Non-fiction[]
- Anansesem: A collection of Caribbean folk tales, legends and poems for juniors. Kingston, Jamaica: Longman, 1985.
- Caribbean Languages: Lesser-known varieties. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1990.
- Dread Talk: The language of Rastafari. Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press, 1994; Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press / Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.
- The Role of Jamaican Creole in Language Education. Barbados: University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, 2002.
- From Jamaican Creole to Standard English: A handbook for teachers. Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 2003.
Edited[]
- Nine West Indian Poets: An anthology for the CXC examination. London: Collins, 1980.
Freedom by Marion Bloem- into Jamaican by Velma Pollard
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
Audio / video[]
- Velma Pollard: Reading from her poems. London: Poetry Archive, 2012.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Velma Pollard (b. 1937), The Poetry Archive. Web, Feb. 22, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Velma Pollard, Peepal Tree Press. Web, Feb. 22, 2014.
- ↑ Velma Pollard, York University. Web, Feb. 22, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Velma Pollard, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Feb. 22, 2014.
External links[]
- Audio / video
- About
- Velma Pollard at the University of the West Indies
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