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Mervyn Morris

Mervyn Eustace Morris OM (Jamaica) (born 21 February 1937)〔("Professor The Hon. Mervyn Morris, OM" ), The Library - University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica.〕 is a poet and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. According to educator Ralph Thompson, "In addition to his poetry, which has ranked him among the top West Indian poets, he was one of the first academics to espouse the importance of nation language in helping to define in verse important aspects of Jamaican culture."〔Ralph Thompson quoted in ("Professor Mervyn Morris Named First Poet Laureate In 60 Years" ), ''The Gleaner'', 15 April 2014.〕
== Biography ==
Mervyn Morris was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and studied at the University College of the West Indies (UWI) and as a Rhodes Scholar at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. In 1970, he began lecturing at UWI, where he went on to be appointed a Reader in West Indian Literature.〔("Mervyn Morris Biography" ), jrank.org〕 In 1992 he was a UK Arts Council Visiting Writer-in-Residence at the South Bank Centre. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica, where he is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature.〔("Mervyn Morris" ), Carcanet Press.
In 2009, Morris was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.
In 2014, Morris was appointed the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, the first to be accorded the title since the country Independence (the previous holders being Tom Redcam, who was appointed posthumously in 1933, and John Ebenezer Clare McFarlane, appointed in 1953).〔Balford Henry, ("Mervyn Morris first Jamaican Poet Laureate since Independence" ), ''Jamaica Observer'', 16 April 2014.〕〔("Prof Mervyn Morris officially invested as Poet Laureate of Jamaica" ), ''Jamaica Observer'', 22 May 2014.〕 The investiture ceremony took place at King’s House on 22 May.〔Andrea Braham, ("It's Official for Poet Laureate Professor Mervyn Morris" ), Jamaica Information Service, 23 May 2014.〕〔Rowe, Marcia (2014), "(Poet Laureate Morris Honoured At King's House )", ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014〕

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