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Louise Bennett-Coverley

Born

in Kingston, Jamaica

September 17, 1919

Died

July 26, 2006

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Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, she was instrumental in having this "dialect" of the people given literary recognition in its own right ("nation language"). She is located at the heart of the Jamaican poetic tradition, and has influenced other popular Caribbean poets, including Mutabaruka, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Paul Keens-Douglas.

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Louise Bennett-Coverley’s books

Average rating: 4.42 · 81 ratings · 7 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Rotten English: A Literary Anthology by Dohra Ahmad (Editor), Louise Bennett-Coverley (Contributor), Mary McCabe (Contributor) 4.05 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jamaica Labrish by Louise Bennett, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Rex M. Nettleford (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems: Louise Bennett by Louise Bennett, Mervyn Morris (Editor), Louise Bennett-Coverley 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and Dancing Tunes by Walter Jekyll, Philip M. Sherlock (Introduction), Alice Werner (Introduction) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1904 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunty Roachy seh by Louise Bennett, Louise Bennett-Coverley 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tam O'Haggis: Tam O'Shanter for Children by Giglets, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Kayleigh Wright (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tam O'Haggis by Louise Bennett, Fiona Morton, Tom Brodie Browne (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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