Curdella Forbes
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Born
Curdella Forbes
Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
OccupationNovelist, nonfiction writer, professor, academic
EducationUniversity of the West Indies (PhD)
GenreLiterary fiction
Curdella Forbes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Curdella Forbes Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Occupation | Novelist, nonfiction writer, professor, academic |
| Education | University of the West Indies (PhD) |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Notable awards | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award |
Curdella Forbes is a Jamaican academic and author, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction for A Tall History of Sugar.
Forbes has been professor of Caribbean literature at Howard University since 2004 after working at the University of the West Indies, Mona, which was where she also received her doctorate in 2000. She has also been writer in residence at University of the West Indies, Mona.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
