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Grace Nichols
Grace Nichols (born 1950) is a Guyanese poet, whose first collection, ''I is a Long-Memoried Woman'' (1983), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.
==Biography==
Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and lived in a small village on the country's coast〔("Grace Nichols", Literature, British Council. )〕 until her family moved to the city when she was eight years old.〔(Grace Nichols profile at Curtis Brown. )〕 She took a Diploma in Communications from the University of Guyana, and subsequently worked as a teacher (1967–70), as a journalist and in government information services,〔Margaret Busby (ed.), ''Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present'', London: Vintage, 1993, p. 796.〕 before she immigrated to the UK in 1977.〔 Much of her poetry is characterised by Caribbean rhythms and culture, and influenced by Guyanese and Amerindian folklore.
Her first collection of poetry, ''I is a Long-Memorised Woman'' won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. She has written several further books of poetry and a novel for adults, ''Whole of a Morning Sky'', 1986. Her books for children include collections of short stories and poetry anthologies. Her latest work, of new and selected poems, is ''Startling the Flying Fish'', 2006. Her poetry is featured in the AQA, WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee), and Edexcel English/English Literature GCSE anthologies - meaning that many GCSE students in the UK have studied her work. Her religion is Christianity after she was influenced by the UK's many religions and multi-cultural society.
She lives in Lewes, East Sussex,〔 with her partner, the Guyanese poet John Agard.
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