Olive Senior
Olive Senior | |
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| Born | 23 December 1941 Trelawny, Cockpit Country, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, short-story and non-fiction writer |
| Education | Montego Bay High School for Girls; Thomson Foundation; Carleton University School of Journalism |
| Period | 1960s–present |
| Notable works | Summer Lightning (1986); Gardening in the Tropics (1994); Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage (2004); Over The Roofs of the World (2005) |
| Notable awards | Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Bressani Award; OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature; Poet Laureate of Jamaica, 2021 |
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Olive Marjorie Senior (born 23 December 1941) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal in 2005 by the Institute of Jamaica for her contributions to literature. Other awards she has won include the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Senior was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2021, serving in the post until 2024.