Agymah Kamau
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Kwadwo Agymah Kamau is a Barbadian American[1] novelist.
A native of Barbados, he moved to New York in 1977. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University. He graduated from Baruch College of CUNY with a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree (1985)[1] in quantitative economics. He served first as a statistician at the New York City Department of Investigation, then as a senior economist at the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance. He studied with Paule Marshall at Virginia Commonwealth University in the MFA program.
His work has appeared in Callaloo, Caribbean Vibes, Gumbo,[2] InSyte Magazine,[3] He teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma.[4]
Awards
- 2000: Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts nomination
- 2000: Commonwealth of Virginia/Library of Virginia Literary Award
- 2000: ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award for Pictures of a Dying Man
- 2000: Gustavus Myers Book Award, finalist for Pictures of a Dying Man
- 2003: Whiting Award
