Marc Matthews
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Marc Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940s |
| Other names | Tramping Man |
| Education | Queen's College |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actor, broadcaster and producer |
| Notable work | Guyana My Altar |
| Awards | Guyana Prize for Literature (1987) |
Marc Matthews (born 1940s) is a Guyanese writer, actor, broadcaster and producer.
Marc Matthews was born in British Guiana in the 1940s.
He was a co-director/founder of Jaiai Independent Broadcasting Unit, and with Peter Kempadoo produced Our Kind Of Folk for radio in Guyana.[1]
In the 1960s, Matthews was in London, England, as a freelance reporter.
In 1987, Matthews won the Guyana Prize[2] ,Guyana My Altar (Karnak House, 1987). His collection A Season of Sometimes was published by Peepal Tree Press in 1992.[3] His work has also been anthologized in collections such as The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry[4] (1992) and The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English.[5]
Around 2005, Matthews, working under the pseudonym "Tramping Man", formed a musical collaboration named Burn Brothers with two London-based producers, Jean Philippe Altier and Adam Hoyle. They were joined by saxophonist Florian Brand and performed a number of gigs in and around London in 2007. A record entitled Fire Exit was recorded and released in April 2008.
